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The WTO has been progressively losing momentum, standing still while international trade moves ahead more rapidly than ever

The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday finally got its new boss. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is highly qualified for the job as a former deputy of the World Bank, two-time finance minister of Nigeria, and outgoing chair of Gavi, the global alliance created to enable access to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for the developing world. The new director general – the first

Where Nights Are Brighter Than Day   Nearly three million people live and work in Qatar, a peninsula shaped somewhat like a Dover Sole, that declared its independence in 1971. Its capital is Doha and perhaps many of you have heard of Doha apropos the famous Doha Round trade talks (the Doha Development Agenda) which were launched in November 2001. Coming two months after 9/11, the Agenda did not have a smooth ride into the new millennium and got stuck somewhere in the “modalities” blues after 2015.   On March 1, 2021 Dr. Ngozi Okonjo...

Business/Trade Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Yes, the first woman and first African to lead the global trade body. While the celebration over her appointment is ongoing, the reality is that the task ahead of her is challenging. Nosa James-Igbinadolor looks at the priorities of the new WTO chief With the apex leadership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) now empanelled with the selection of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new director-general of the organisation, there are growing expectations from across the world as to the capacity of ...

Share That former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Monday formally confirmed as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is no longer news, what many are not aware of is that one of the four deputy directors-general of the world body is also a Nigerian. In fact, the man was once the features writer and circulation manager of a newspaper outfit before he went ahead by dint of hard work to become the Deputy Director General of the world trade body. Dr Okonjo-Iweala was formally confirmed by the 164-member world trade body as the director-general du...