The U.S. released a list of
members of its presidential delegation to the World Economic Forum on
Wednesday, amid speculation as to whether U.S. President Donald Trump would
attend the annual event in Davos later this month.
Treasury Secretary, Steven
Mnuchin is listed as the leader of the delegation in a statement from the White
House.
In spite of the absence of
Trump’s name on the release, the U.S media including CNN said that Trump was in
fact expected to go, citing unnamed officials, NAN reports.
Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross,
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are
among the members of the group to travel to Switzerland.
Trump did not attend last year’s
event due to a government shutdown in Washington, and there has been
speculation as to whether he could skip this year’s forum due to impeachment
proceedings in Washington.
The forum, to mark its 50th annual
meeting on Jan. 21 – 24, gathers world leaders to discuss policymaking.
A major topic on the agenda is
climate change.
