{"id":125481,"date":"2020-11-03T03:06:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T08:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=125481"},"modified":"2020-11-03T03:06:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T08:06:35","slug":"america-upsets-election-of-african-candidate-for-top-world-trade-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/america-upsets-election-of-african-candidate-for-top-world-trade-post\/","title":{"rendered":"America upsets election of African candidate for top world trade post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Lisa Vives <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backed by an overwhelming number of <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">World Trade Organization<\/a> delegates, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on a fast track to become the head of the global trade group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Okonjo-Iweala was set to become the first woman and first <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/new-head-of-african-union-faces-daunting-challenges-from-day-one\/\">African<\/a> to lead the global trade watchdog. \u00a0A selection panel of WTO trade ministers found she had far more support than a South Korean rival and it was expected that the Asian candidate would be withdrawn because the African candidate would be most likely to attract consensus among the members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\" data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>But the historic appointment hit a stumbling block with last-minute opposition from the Trump administration and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer who threw their support to Yoo Myung-hee, the current Minister for Trade of South Korea, calling her a \u201cbona-fide trade expert\u201d, and suggesting that Dr. Okonjo-Iweala was unqualified for the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe WTO is badly in need of major reform. It must be led by someone with real, hands-on experience in the field,\u201d the U.S. office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly Toomey, a spokeswoman for Okonjo-Iweala, rejected the comments, saying \u201cWTO members wouldn\u2019t have selected a Director General who is missing any skills or qualifications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nigerian-born economist and international development expert, Okonjo-Iweala sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Dr.+Ngozi+Okonjo-Iweala&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk013Vaq2ObIe8uOFL1yVkAFF2PSRyg:1604774311479&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj43p6WivHsAhXwRt8KHQbiC4kQ_AUoAnoECBUQBA&amp;biw=1399&amp;bih=743#imgrc=yJWAGDegtFTKeM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Global Alliance<\/a> for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and has held several key positions at the World Bank. She says the WTO should play a role in helping poorer countries access COVID-19 drugs and vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\" data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump has shown animus to numerous world bodies and agreements, withdrawing from the World Health Organization, the Paris Agreement on climate change, the nonbinding Global Compact on Migration, the U.N. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hrbodies\/hrc\/pages\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Human Rights Council<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UNESCO<\/a>, the U.N. 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The deadline for the appointment is Nov. 7<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africaglobalnews.com\">Africa Global News publication <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Vives Backed by an overwhelming number of World Trade Organization delegates, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on a fast track to become the head of the global trade group. 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