Tag: Okojo-Iweala
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WTO DG: Coast clear for Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as South Korean candidate withdraws from race
South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday abandoned her bid to become head of the World Trade Organization, Seoul said, clearing the way for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the global body’s first woman and first African director-general. Yoo had consulted with the United States, her prime backer and other major countries and “decided…