Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala to make history as head of WTO
On Monday, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian finance minister who was rejected by the Trump administration three months ago, is expected to receive unanimous support to become the first female and African director-general of the World Trade Organization. Despite Donald Trump's previous threats to withdraw the United States from the organization, Okonjo-Iweala, 66, will have a difficult task ahead of her as director-general, a position with limited authority. She will need to mediate international trade disputes between the U.S. and China, reform trade regulations, and combat protectionism exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.0
