Davos 2020: US treasury secretary says Greta Thunberg should study economics – live
Rolling coverage of the third day of the World Economic Forum in Davos
- World Bank chief’s Davos snub dashes hopes of climate consensus
- Latest: Mnuchin slaps down Thunberg’s divestment call
- Immediate divestment would hurt growth and pensions, says US
9.17am GMT
Trump’s cabinet also sounded upbeat about the prospects of a swift trade deal between the US and UK after Brexit.
That puts the NHS in the spotlight.
asked Mnuchin/Ross if raising prices paid to US pharma & detaching UK from EU food standards on eg pathogens (chicken) still US aims for deal:
Ross:“what we think is drugs should have similar prices wherever they are, but dont believe we’re in any position to tell UK what to pay”
9.11am GMT
Economist Jonathan Portas isn’t impressed by Mnuchin’s swipe at Thunberg.
Coming from @stevenmnuchin1, who made the self-evidently absurd claim that the Trump tax cuts would “pay for themselves”, this is hard to take seriously… https://t.co/fvenJhsxfP