US halts crowning of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as WTO director general

Okonjo-Iweala announces appointment of four Deputy DG for WTO

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

The World Trade Organisation has delayed the announcement of Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new director general after the United States raised concern about her selection as a consensus candidate after receiving support of about two thirds of voting member nations. The US has now become a spo

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