As the us and japan have attended the funeral in france of one of the prime exponents of their art, paul bocuse. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has told an audience of business and political leaders that his mantra of America First does not mean america alone. Speaking at the World Economic forum in davos in switzerland, mr trump said the us was doing fa ntastically well and was open for business. But he hit out at what he called other countries predatory trading practices. Earlier, the president said he was prepared to apologise for sharing social media posts by the far right Group Britain first. Our north america editorjon sopel reports from davos. Wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him. And wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope were going to bring back many billions of dollars into the us. I think that will happen. Its already happening. But billions of dollars is coming back into the u
Thats the message from donald trump speaking at the World Economic forum in davos in switzerland. He told an audience of business and political leaders that the us was doing fantastically well and was open for business. But he hit out at what he called other countries predatory trading practices. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him. And wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope were going to bring back many billions of dollars into the us. I think that will happen. Its already happening. But billions of dollars is coming back into the us and i think that will just continue. How much today . How much . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When
I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When the United States grows, so does the world. But at the end of a week in which the us imposed extra charges on some imported goods from china, he played down talk of a trade war. Nevertheless, there was a warning. We cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. We support free trade, but it needs to be fair, and it needs to be reciprocal. Because in the end, unfair trade undermines us all. Some stood to applaud, but it wasnt the ovation given to president xi of china last year. This hasnt been a complete meeting of minds, but then again it was never going to be. That said, donald trump has been more conciliatory than many would have expected, and the audience have reacted more warmly. It may be that davos 2018 turns out to be a win win. And the president was in conciliatory, al
And political leaders that his policy of putting America First does not mean the United States will reject free trade agreements with other countries. But speaking at the World Economic forum in switzerland, he attacked what he described as unfair Global Trading practices. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. Wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him. And wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope were going to bring back many billions of dollars into the us. I think thatll happen. Its already happening. But billions of dollars is coming back into the us, and i think that willjust continue. How much today . How much . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. When the United States but at the end of a week in which the us imposed extra ch
In davos, the crowds have gone with him. And wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope were going to bring back many billions of dollars into the us. I think thatll happen. Its already happening. But billions of dollars is coming back into the us, and i think that willjust continue. How much today . How much . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When the United States grows, so does the world. But at the end of a week in which the us imposed extra charges on some imported goods from china, he played down talk of a trade war. Nevertheless, there was a warning. We cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. We support free trade, but it needs to be fair, and it needs to b