Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is competing with seven other nominees for the position of director-general of the WTO, told Xinhua in a recent interview...
, said fixing the Geneva-based body’s dispute settlement system would be one of her priorities if elected as the new chief of the WTO.
The U.S. administration has been blocking new appointments for more than two years, with U.S. officials claiming that the court had gone beyond its remit. The candidate, who also sits on the board of Twitter and the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, said she was confident to win the selection process and that she would be a listener-in-chief as well as a tough negotiator.“I think that’s very much needed; I am a consensus-builder and I’m a good listener too.’’
“The dispute settlement system of the WTO is valued by both, they want it to reform, they don’t want it to disappear.’’
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