LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov. 9 to decide on the appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the body’s next director general after the United States rejected her as a candidate. Trade sources said they thought a factor in the delay was that there had been no indication…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The tariff wars of U.S. President Donald Trump’ administration have garnered enormous press coverage over the past four years, and rightly so. They have pitted America against the other major economies in the world in head-to-head high-stakes disputes. Global trade practitioners, however, have been equally focused on a battleground far from the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is reaching out to the United States and South Korea to persuade them to back its pick to head the World Trade Organization, the trade ministry said on Friday, after the candidate’s last-minute rejection threw the selection process into confusion. The United States on Wednesday voiced its opposition to former Nigerian…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has explained why it is against the election of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a statement issued by the office of the US trade representative on Wednesday, the world power said the WTO is in dire need of reform and must…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– Nigeria’s Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been formally chosen as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, making her the first woman to lead the agency. THEWILL source, who confirmed the development moments ago, said a formal announcement of her appointment will be done “anytime soon.” The source said the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union has backed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation position, pushing her closer to securing the votes that she needs to win the seat, a source with knowledge of the development told THEWILL moments ago. The EU will be issuing a formal statement shortly to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two women, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee are through to the final round of selection to become the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization, according to three anonymous sources that briefed Reuters on the development. With this development, the Geneva-based WTO will be…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The fallout of Brexit was evident after European Union (EU) governments yesterday snubbed the UK’s former Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox, and expressed support for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the race enters the final…