Breaking: President Biden Declares Support For Okonjo-Iweala To Lead WTO

President Biden Has Declared Support For Okonjo-Iweala To Lead WTO.

 

Newly Inaugurated US President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday declared its “strong support” to Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation.

 

This online news medium understands that this move marks another sharp split with former president Donald Trump who paralyzed the organization and opposed the former Nigerian finance minister who was backed by many other countries.

 

The US Trade Representative in a statement cited her “wealth of knowledge in economics and international diplomacy” and said she had “proven experience managing a large international organization.”

Details later…

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