Okonjo Iweala gets European backing for WTO top job says Reuters

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, coordinating minister for the economy (CME) and minister of finance in Nigeria.

The European Union is backing former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to head the World Trade Organization, sending a signal of trust in Africa, an EU official said on Monday. Okonjo-Iweala and South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee are vying to be the first female leader in the W

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