United States- The WTO General Council will formally begin the election of Nogzi Okonzo-Iweala on 15 February.

Madrid, 9 (Europa Press)

The General Council of the WTO will meet in an extraordinary manner at 3:00 pm on February 15 to formalize the appointment as Director of Nogi Okonzo-Iwela, who has received United States approval in recent times, Unblocked this appointment.

Okonzo-Iweala gets a chance to move on from the new president of the United States, Joe Biden. His predecessor in office, Donald Trump, had decided to endorse other candidates, with South Korea’s Yoo Myung alone blocking a unanimous decision between all countries as the ‘D’ actually. Following the withdrawal of the South Korean minister and the arrival of the new administration in the White House, a settlement has been reached.

The nominee has a wealth of experience in the international arena, having spent 25 years at the World Bank and served two terms as Nigerian Finance Minister.

The WTO oversees the rules of global trade and is probably the biggest crisis since its founding in 1995, as well as tensions over rising differences between main trading bloc members such as China, the United States and the European Union. Developing and Industrialized Countries.

In addition to representatives from Nigeria and South Korea, Mexican Jesuits Sede Kuri, British Liam Fox, Egyptian Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh, Moldovan Tudor Ulianovsky, Kenyan Hina Mohammed and Saudi Mohammed also participated in the selection process. Majid al-Tuwaizri.