Trade officials fail to pick interim head of WTO
The organisation has played down the issue, but the stalemate adds to layers of dysfunction at the most critical period of its 25-year history
31 July 2020 - 14:42
Geneva — Trade officials in Geneva, on Friday, failed to select an acting leader of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to take over when current director-general Roberto Azevêdo steps down on August 31.
WTO delegates couldn’t broker a consensus agreement this week after the US demanded that an American, Alan Wolff, become interim director-general instead of Karl Brauner of Germany...
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