.DESPITE OKONJO-IWEALA’S MASSIVE LEAD, VOTING PROCESS TO CONTINUE TILL NOV. 9TH The World Trade Organization’s effort to name a new leader hit a new roadblock Wednesday after the Trump administration said it won’t back the appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be the WTO’s next director-general. The U.S. could not support a consensus decision to appoint Okonjo-Iweala, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Dennis Shea said during a meeting of WTO delegates in Geneva, according to three officials who were monitoring the proceedings. All WTO decisions are taken by a consensus of its…
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