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A Black woman will be the world’s top trade official for the first time The path has been cleared for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization after South Korea’s candidate pulled out of the race for the job. Yoo Myung-hee, the South Korean trade minister, announced her decision to withdraw in a televised briefing on Friday. Okonjo-Iweala, an economist and former finance minister of Nigeria, already enjoyed broad support from WTO members, including the European Union, China, Japan and Australia. However, the Unite...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Nigerian economist is WTO's first Black woman leader CNN 2/5/2021 By Hanna Ziady and Charles Riley, CNN Business © Martial Trezzini/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Mandatory Credit: Photo by MARTIAL TREZZINI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10712514b) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, from Nigeria, candidate as Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), attends the press conferences of candidates for the WTO Director-General selection process, at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Geneva, Switzerland, 15 July 2020. Press conferences of candidates fo...

Canada’s foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, said on Thursday, “Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers.” The United States has much to lose in a metals trade war with Canada, a crucial strategic ally and major trading partner, Ms. Freeland said. She noted that the United States has a steel trade surplus with its northern neighbor, which is both the largest buyer of American steel and the largest seller of steel to the United States. Australia’s trade minister, Steven Ciobo, said on Friday that Mr. Trump’s action would spark retaliatory measur...

  FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the G20 Leaders' Summit hosted virtually by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ©FAO. 31 December 2020, Rome – A testing year by any measure, 2020 risked derailing much of the agenda of any organization built on institutional engagement. Instead, it has turbo-charged the collaborative drive of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and increased its global footprint. Probably as never before in its 75-year history, FAO has had to act as driver and convener through a global crisis that threatened to tip the world’s agri-food...

WTO DG: Setback For Okonjo-Iweala As US Wants Race Reopened This was revealed on Wednesday as Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, said an experienced handler is needed for the high profile job. by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 19, 2020 The prospect of the former Nigerian minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, becoming the first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation has met a setback, as the United States wants the race reopened. This was revealed on Wednesday as Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, said an experienced handler is needed for the high profile job...