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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: 2020 was, to say the least, an unusually active year on the trade front. While 2021 may not be as spectacularly eventful, we nonetheless anticipate several significant developments in international trade, and specifically trade related to Canada, over the coming year. COVID-19 will continue to affect global trade flows and economic growth throughout 2021. The pandemic has highlighted the significance of e-commerce and the importance of new digital trade chapters included in mega-regional trade agreements (like the Comprehensive and ...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Source: Getty Summary:  Can the leadership of a distinguished Nigerian economist steer the World Trade Organization onto a steadier course? Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! What’s Happening in the World of Trade? Global trade policy circles are abuzz with the news that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been confirmed as the new director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Her appointment comes after months of deadlock in the selection process for the next head of the trade body to replace outgoin...

Nigerians are celebrating the appointment of former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the first woman, and first African director-general of the World Trade Organization. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was named director general of the World Trade Organization Monday after her only rival, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-Hee, pulled out of the race. Her appointment makes her…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been selected as the World Trade Organisation’s director-general and will make history next month when she becomes the first woman and African to lead the body.The former

. WASHINGTON — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian economist and former finance minister, is poised to become the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization, when the members of the global trade body meet Monday to consider her candidacy for director-general. The appointment would remove a key obstacle to the functioning of the WTO, which has been leaderless during a time of growing protectionism and global economic upheaval brought about by the pandemic. But even with Okonjo-Iweala at the helm and the renewed support of the Biden administration, the WTO, which was found...