Tag: WTO: Why US opposed Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate -Trade Rep

  • WTO: Why US opposed Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate -Trade Rep

    WTO: Why US opposed Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate -Trade Rep

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    The United States has said it is supporting South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation because she is a “trade expert”. The PUNCH had reported that the US opposed Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate to lead the WTO. However, the European Union and WTO’s ambassadors…