WTO’s new head will face wreckage of Trump’s ‘America First’ onslaught
Eight candidates to be sifted through ‘confessionals’ from members
03 August 2020 - 16:26
Geneva/Brussels — Eight candidates, coming from Mexico to Moldova, are bidding to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation, replacing Roberto Azevedo, who steps down at the end of August.
The next chief would need to broker international trade talks in the face of widening US-China conflict, protectionism increased by the Covid-19 pandemic and pressure to reform trade rules...
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