Interesting article focusing on the activity of exiled German anarcho-syndicalists in Spain, both in the lead up to and during the Civil War and Revolution of 1936.
Interesting article focusing on the activity of exiled German anarcho-syndicalists in Spain, both in the lead up to and during the Civil War and Revolution of 1936.
Synopsis
The outgoing WTO DDG from Asia was also a Chinese national. Beijing views these coveted posts as critical to seek equivalence with the US as a global power.
AFP
Over the past few years China has made concerted effort to influence major institutions as part of its attempt to dominate global discourse.
China has pipped India to bag the post of deputy director general (DDG) at the World Trade Organization, allegedly by using its good offices with director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
India had applied for WTO DDG post from the Asian quota, but China was once again successful in bagging the coveted position for the next eight years. The outgoing WTO DDG from Asia was also a Chinese national. Beijing views these coveted posts as critical to seek equivalence with the US as a global power.
5/4/2021
(Adds details, comment on significance of Chinese appointment,)
GENEVA, May 4 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization has
again chosen trade experts from China and the United States as
deputies for its director-general, maintaining a delicate
geopolitical balancing act which also keeps two fractious powers
close at hand.
Two out of the four chosen are women, a first for the global
trade watchdog. Their four predecessors, all men, stepped down
on March 31.
Replacing their compatriots are Angela Ellard, an American
lawyer and trade expert who has worked at the U.S. Congress, and
Zhang Xiangchen, currently vice trade minister and its former
World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday named two women to the WTO’s four deputy leader jobs for the first time in its history.
The new director-general herself the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO appointed Angela Ellard of the United States and Costa Rica’s Anabel Gonzalez, along with Jean-Marie Paugam of France and China’s Zhang Xiangchen.
The WTO has counted one woman deputy director general previously, but Okonjo-Iweala stressed that this was “the first time in the history of our organization that half of the DDGs are women.”
“This underscores my commitment to strengthening our organization with talented leaders whilst at the same time achieving gender balance in senior positions,” said the WTO chief, who took office on March 1.