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Biden ends deadlock over first woman to lead WTO

Updated Feb 06, 2021 05:00 am

  • The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by expressing its "strong support" for Nigeria's ex-finance minister.
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was frontrunner for the role until the Trump administration last October said it wanted another woman, South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee. Ms Yoo has now withdrawn her candidacy.
 

 

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