The European Union is keen to partner with countries around the world and is "open for business," European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.

Trump's second presidency dominated proceedings at the World Economic Forum amid ominous warnings over the looming threat of trade tariffs and his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.

The Commission informed journalists on Jan. 3 that von der Leyen was suffering from “severe” pneumonia, but did not disclose that she had been hospitalized, even after direct questioning. German newswire DPA broke the news on Jan. 10, which is the same day von der Leyen left hospital, according to Pinho.

President Donald Trump has given everyone at Davos something to talk about with his actions on the first day of his second term.

President Trump doubled down on the prospect of across-the-board tariffs in a video appearance to business executives and politicians gathered in Davos, Switzerland.

Business leaders in Davos joined calls by U.S. President Donald Trump for the European Union to speed up efforts to reduce regulation and increase competition to prevent the bloc from falling further behind other developed markets.

The European Commission wants to dissuade innovative start-up firms from moving to the U.S. to grow by creating rules that would allow them to easily operate across the 27-nation European Union, the head of the Commission said on Tuesday.

Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global climate change would continue with or without the United States.

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Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy asked whether the US saw NATO as being necessary as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos. Leaders from China, Ukraine and Germany have taken the stage on day one.

As the Commission struggles to find new outlets for its exports, the question of whether this will be enough in the face of the tariffs Donald Trump is threatening to impose remains open. #EuropeNews

Speaking in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy questioned whether Trump was committed to NATO and European security.