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U.S. rejection upsets WTO leadership race

The U.S. upended WTO’s selection of its next director-general as the sole nation to back South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee over Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

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By Arete News - October 28, 2020
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