"Don't damage trade", emerging market leaders tell Trump from Davos

Globalisation is good. That's the message leaders of developing countries want to send from the Davos forum to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Friday.

Any return to protectionism, they fear, could bring the sky down on decades of trade-based economic growth that has lifted countless millions out of poverty. And for all the problems of blue-collar workers, globalisation has helped to achieve low inflation and low unemployment for Americans too, they argue.