Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will serve a second term as director-general of the World Trade Organization beginning next year, the organization said on Friday, following an early election process in which ...

Early reappointment could set the stage for a clash with incoming President Donald Trump. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s second four-year term, which was approved at a special General Council meeting ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed for a second term as the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), with the 70-year-old Nigerian economist being the only candidate in the race. Her ...

No other candidate emerged to challenge Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position during a 30-day nomination period. Pierre Albouy/AFP via Getty Images ...

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief said Friday she’s “eager” to work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Trump ...

"China-US trade is 3% of world trade," said the director general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (pictured during the IC Forum at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in February). "So ...

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will run for a second term unopposed, ... In early 2021, ... US Inauguration Day is Jan. 20.

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will seek another four-year term as head of the World Trade Organization following a broad Africa-led push to start the process early, aiming to complete ...

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that the ongoing tariff war between the United States and China could slash trade in goods between the ...

FILE – Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), speaks during the panel discussion at the WTO’s Presidential Lecture Series, at the headquarters ...

Early reappointment could set the stage for a clash with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump. ... World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala formally won a second term on Friday, .

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief said Friday she’s “eager” to work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Trump ...