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USA Backs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Job
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The United States government has formally communicated its support to Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organization.
Okonjo-Iweala will be the first woman and the first African to run the Geneva-based trade body.
“Dr. Okonjo-Iweala brings a wealth of knowledge in economics and international diplomacy,” the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in a statement Friday.
“She is widely respected for her effective leadership and has proven experience managing a large international organization with a diverse membership.”
The USTR added it “looks forward to working with a new WTO director-general to find paths forward to achieve necessary substantive and procedural reform of the WTO.”