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BBC: Biden ends deadlock over first African and first woman to lead WTO

By BBC.
A sign of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is seen on their headquarters on Sept. 21, 2018 in Geneva.
Photo by AFP

The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by expressing its “strong support” for Nigeria’s ex-finance minister. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was frontrunner for the role until the Trump administration last October said it wanted another woman, South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee.

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