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YONELA DIKO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the WTO in the era of Trump
A WTO director-general from South Korea, at least in the warped Trump's America view, would be much more easy to influence and push than a director-general from...
The global trade body is thus set to be led by a woman for the first time whichever of the two final candidates succeeds in their bid to follow Roberto Azevedo, who stepped down as WTO director-general in August a year ahead of schedule.
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is one of the two remaining candidates for the position of World Trade Organization director general.
Mohamed is one of five remaining candidates and two African women vying for that position.
On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 76 countries and regions agreed on Friday to start negotiating this year on a set of open and predictable regulations.
Trade tensions are slowing export orders and automobile production and sales.