President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday France preferred "respect to bullies" and rejected "unacceptable" tariffs, following US President Donald Trump's threat to impose levies on countries opposing his plans to seize Greenland.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had agreed to a meeting of "various parties" at the Davos gathering of global elites about his bid to seize Greenland.

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting kicked off today in the snow-dusted Swiss resort town of Davos, drawing an extraordinary lineup of global power players under the theme "A Spirit of Dialogue."