US Blocks Director-General Choice at WTO
Although Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's candidate for director-general of the World Trade Organization, had more support from member countries, her rival, Korea's Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, was not withdrawn from the contest on Oct. 28, and there is no consensus on…
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who the next woman to lead the organization will be. Retired trade attorney Terry Stewart blogged on the Washington International Trade Association website about why that might be and what's next. He said that given press reports, it looked like Okonjo-Iweala, who spent most of her career as an economist at the World Bank, had support from more than 100 of the WTO's 164 member countries. Discussions will continue with the U.S. and Korea to see if they will support Okonjo-Iweala, he said. The deadline for the consensus-based decision-making is Nov. 7. If no result is achieved, there can be a vote in Geneva, and the candidate with the most support can win without unanimity.