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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by jaszplus12(m): 10:27pm On Oct 28, 2020
GamalNasser:
Well Trump's always knows what he is doing ...she just needs to assure the White house that she would protect American interest over Chinese interest ...Trump doesn't want anither chinese puppet like the man in WHO
So she now become Americans puppet??
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Nobody: 10:33pm On Oct 28, 2020
Where are those idiots who support the dumbest US Presidential?
When we tel then the man see Africans as animals they think we're just guessing. Trump hates anything African extremely. This is a big reason for the IPOB dulards

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Nobody: 10:34pm On Oct 28, 2020
Where are those idiots who support the dumbest US Presidential?
When we tel then the man see Africans as animals they think we're just guessing. Trump hates anything African extremely. This is a big reason for the IPOB dullards.

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by oluxy(m): 11:32pm On Oct 28, 2020
donphilopus:
I thought she just acquired a US citizenship last month?Why are they now trying to frustrate her? It's obvious Trump's administration doesn't like anything relating to Nigeria. Same Trump and his goons attempted to remove Akinwunmi Adeshina of AfDB on trumped-up corruption charges yet some Nigerians think Trump is the best thing since sliced bread. Our mumu go soon do.

It's true u observed. But US doesn't and will not support anyone with dual citizenship.
US want Ngozi to denounce her Nigeria passport and only be a US citizen but she's not ready to let go of Nigeria citizenship. That's the reason why US won't support her.

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by sonofElElyon: 11:37pm On Oct 28, 2020
you have a deep perspective on the issue. I never saw it from that angle

GamalNasser:
Well Trump's always knows what he is doing ...she just needs to assure the White house that she would protect American interest over Chinese interest ...Trump doesn't want anither chinese puppet like the man in WHO

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Prompto: 11:40pm On Oct 28, 2020
donphilopus:
I thought she just acquired a US citizenship last month?Why are they now trying to frustrate her? It's obvious Trump's administration doesn't like anything relating to Nigeria. Same Trump and his goons attempted to remove Akinwunmi Adeshina of AfDB on trumped-up corruption charges yet some Nigerians think Trump is the best thing since sliced bread. Our mumu go soon do.
you wail of sorrow n agony continues.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by tartar9(m): 11:45pm On Oct 28, 2020
Kingspin:
[s]Everything igbo, ipob

Every leader has its demerit and merit.
So you don't expect all Trump policies to favour you. America visa lottery they ban Nigeria, and stopped regular visa for Nigeria etc. These are not related to Ipob.

See things the way it is.
Don't be like some Muslims that hate Trump for fighting terrorism coming to America
But forgot that America has welcomed more Muslims than even their fellow Muslims countries.

That way it is

At least Trump is not talking about gay up and down in Nigeria like Obama, American.

[/s]
Everything Yoruba and Muslims...you Igbos are insane.
Most of the terrorists attacks and plots happening in the US doesn't even involve Muslims. The population of some Muslim countries is mostly made up of immigrants- the highest rates in the world. So where did you get that silly lie that America has welcomed more Muslims undecided
I just hope your Biafra is achieved so we can finally kick you out of the SW and other nations should follow suite- they need to fight criminals too from entering their country.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Kingspin(m): 12:43am On Oct 29, 2020
tartar9:

Everything Yoruba and Muslims...you Igbos are insane.
Most of the terrorists attacks and plots happening in the US doesn't even involve Muslims. The population of some Muslim countries is mostly made up of immigrants- the highest rates in the world. So where did you get that silly lie that America has welcomed more Muslims undecided
I just hope your Biafra is achieved so we can finally kick you out of the SW and other nations should follow suite- they need to fight criminals too from entering their country.
Hello!, America and the West have welcomed more Muslims than the fellow Muslim countries themselves.

I stayed in a Muslim govern country and many of the top rich and middle class schooled, schooling or dream is to go America and Europe. The whole fight between Iran and America yet their citizen are all over America and Europe. In fact they love American product especially the iPhone.
Come to think of it. AMERICA, the WEST gave them citizenship and rights ordinary their home can not offer them.
But them no born you well for Muslims to offer stranger citizenship. And many other factual issues.

And again the same Trump you try to castigate delivered ventilators and other aids to Nigeria. Hope you're aware.

Then why would Buhari send soldiers to kill people at Lekki next day it becomes an ipob issue.
Pls learn to say something accordingly, I see many NLander do that.

Realize how to separate issue. Don't bring A and B together just to make a point. Unfortunate.

That the way it is.

Leave, Igbo, Biafra matter this is not the topic.
For a threat to leave your West, If I can leave Nigeria, how much more part of Nigeria.

One Nigeria indeed.

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by One4me: 12:45am On Oct 29, 2020
membranus:


You missed it when you used the phrase "manipulated to win electoral college"

America is not Nigeria, no one dares to manipulate any election in the US.

Unless they want to sniff jail.

You dont know jerk, Boss! grin

"Vote Manipulations" can be LEGAL and some are illegal.
The illegal ones take you to Jail, the Legal ones, nobody can do a thang about.
Example: You can "lagally" manipulate the tax laws so that you can be a Billionaire like Trump and still pay $750 annual tax, far less than a street Sweeper pays. That is legal manipulation. undecided
Or How do you explain a Billionaie paying #750 annual Tax, when Wesley Snipes, a Black man, was sent to jail, his career ruined, for paying less tax (though he still paid Millions of Dollars annualy) than he was supposed to pay? undecided

Now look at it, in states tha he needs to pick a few Delegates, and he knows the majority of Voters wont Vote for him, he simple employs "legal manipulations" like Slowing down the arrival of their Ballots (remove most Ballot boxes and leave one for 2million people, in a 30Miles Radius! How many voters want to make a 30Mile journey in cold weather, under Corona Virus, to drop a Ballot or wait in-line for 8hrs to vote?
Most Blacks will simply not Vote, giving trump an advantage to pick his delegates.!
He knows he will never win the most /Popular Vote so he is betting on the Electoral College to do it for him again, just like in 2016
undecided

He just got a Supreme Court Order that says Votes that arrive after counting Starts on election day (even if they were posted five days ago before election day) should notbe counted. WHY?
Reason is that he sees that most Democrats want to Vote by "Mail-in -ballot".
He simply changed the head of the Postal Service, asked him to throw away most of the Sorting machines at the Postal Service, all in an effort to SLOW DOWN the arrival of Mail-in Ballots so that most of them will not meet the deadline.
Result: Millions of Democrats will vote but majortiy of their ballots will not count because "they will be made to arrive late". undecided Legal manipulation 2

Again, he knows most Blacks, due to the UNJUST Justice System in the USA, have one offense or misdemeanour against their name.
He knows that the police issue arrests on Blacks, far more than on Whites.
He challenged a Court rulling which would have allowed such people to Vote... he knows they would be voting Democrats.
Result: Most Democrat-leaning people cannot vote. Legal Manipulation,

It is called Voter Suppression but when done by a crafty person like Trump, it can be "legal", especially now that he has quickly rushed another Justice on the Supreme Court, using his Republic Rogues in the Senate.
Now, legally, he will begin to manipulate "Judgements" from a 6-3 Supreme Court that he appointed three of the Judges, ensuring they are Judges whose ideology agrees with is own.
Manipulation of the Supreme Court Judgements, but Legal. undecided

Infact, the level of "Legal" but unsavoury Manipulation" going-on in the US right now, is more than what PDP and APC combined, have done in all their years since 1999. grin grin undecided

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by One4me: 12:54am On Oct 29, 2020
Jdbrasco2:
WTO often cave in to China who still claims to be a developing country and was getting too much favours. US won a 7B$ case recently against WTO biasness. US is probably trying to get some assurance of fairness before supporting NOI. Let wait a little more before drawing conclusions. Nobody wants US to pull out of WTO as they did with WHO because will spell their doom. World politics is all about interest but let it be fair. Wish NOI goodluck.

Are you kidding me? Which DOOM?

You people just give too much credit to this fading World Power and it is Trump that is accelerating the fading of such Power.
Did the WHO die?
Did the UN die?
Did the Iran-Deal group die?
Who gave US the $7Billion Judgement? An American Court?
The US is just trying to stifle the growth of China, slow it down a bit because it knows it cant stop it and China is destined to be the World Super-Power in less than fifty Years from now. Take that to the bank.

The world is changing, America being the ONLY Super Power will not last long, China, Russia, Canada, Germany are building up ans coperating.
Rome, UK, Turkey, USSR, were once World Powers, Empires to be Precise, today, they are "Turkeys". grin
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by seunayantokun(m): 1:03am On Oct 29, 2020
jlinkd78:
She will overcome
Amen
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Bossose(m): 1:55am On Oct 29, 2020
I personally think they just don't want her because of the kind of country she's from.

Well she has already made a name for herself and I wish her the best.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by akigbemaru: 2:19am On Oct 29, 2020
Koulture:
cool

USA under Trump is something else,yet Igbos or igbos see him as their messiah,the same way they tried to stop akinwunmi adeshina of Afdb.

They might be wondering how a lady from a corrupt shithole like Nigeria will be in charge of a sensitive position like the WTO.

Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by iRepNaija1: 3:01am On Oct 29, 2020
Koulture:
cool

USA under Trump is something else,yet Igbos or igbos see him as their messiah,the same way they tried to stop akinwunmi adeshina of Afdb.

They might be wondering how a lady from a corrupt shithole like Nigeria will be in charge of a sensitive position like the WTO.


Reported.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by dasparrow: 3:01am On Oct 29, 2020
So you mean after Aunty Ngozi Iweala went and got her naturalized U.S citizenship, America is still not backing her? Wow! Why am I not surprised?

By the way, where are all those Nigerian azz lickers here on Nairaland who love America and trump more than they love their own father and mother? I guess the azz licking and ball sucking never paid of, lol.

Nigerians will learn las las that white Americans and whites in general no send them message no matter how much they worship oyibo, are enamored by them and stupidly support the oyibo's white supremacy agenda. Gbam!
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by ALLFATHER14: 3:49am On Oct 29, 2020
GamalNasser:
Well Trump's always knows what he is doing ...she just needs to assure the White house that she would protect American interest over Chinese interest ...Trump doesn't want anither chinese puppet like the man in WHO

Trump doesn't want a Chinese puppet but wants a US puppet there so what's the difference!!?? US are not better than China on moral grounds, everybody supports Iweala except Trump and his people
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Paul8344(m): 6:22am On Oct 29, 2020
NOI was selected by 104 out of the 164 member states but WTO election is by consensus not majority vote also a veto from any member state can block the consensus,
They are still in the consensus stage and the US plans to block her emergence
Which means a vote maybe the only option left

Make no mistake this isn't about Nigeria or NOI
Its about ideologies and trade war

NOI is a pro trade (liberalist) economist
While trump is a protectionist and as such will block any liberalist
Also the best bet of neutralizing China's influence on world trade is the south Korea n
NOI on the other side will not take orders from neither Abuja nor Washington and of course cannot be tamed.that makes her a bad candidate based on US interest
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by vivaciousvivi(f): 6:39am On Oct 29, 2020
fergie001:

US is one of those countries that can veto.
If consultations aren't successful....nothing will happen on Nov 9.
Yes they can veto a motion but can they override it if more members swing to the opposite direction though? How will it be resolved?
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by chris51(f): 6:51am On Oct 29, 2020
This is why Joe Biden must win the election next week.


Trump and his people worked to stop Akinwunmi Adesina but God made them fail. Same will happen this time Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will win the WTO by the grace of God

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by chris51(f): 6:51am On Oct 29, 2020
chris51:
This is why Joe Biden must win the election next week.


Trump and his people worked to stop Akinwunmi Adesina but God made them fail. Same will happen this time Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will win the WTO by the grace of God
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by prayer2015(f): 6:54am On Oct 29, 2020
Trump would have lost the election by then. Trump does not like black people especially when they are in leadership positions. That is all what this is about.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by fergie001: 7:39am On Oct 29, 2020
vivaciousvivi:

Yes they can veto a motion but can they override it if more members swing to the opposite direction though? How will it be resolved?
There must be some middle-ground, otherwise the WTO will be as chaotic as it is now.

The US contributes about 12% to the WTO, making them the highest financial donor....You can't let go that kind of cash.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by fergie001: 7:59am On Oct 29, 2020
BennyDGreat:

I agree partly.... I am also aware racism exists but I don't really want to clothe this with that toga.

I know the Nigeria Govt as well don't have the local and international goodwill atm, but we have to continue to try.

The US have consistently, under Trump, favoured bilateral trades and the Eastern Africans (Kenya, especially) have no problem with that deep down.

The heads of UNCTAD, IPU & WHO are all Eastern Africans...all these international bodies are in Switzerland, so maybe they know one or two things about International politics, other parts of Africa don't.

The EU also midwifed the AFCFTA for the purpose of low tariff on imports, free trade, multilateral trading, etc..something Kenya is a signatory to but went ahead to negotiate deals with the US outside of the body, the reason why Amina Mohammed wasn't supported by the EU.

Trump's major reason is that NOI is seen as been close to the top echelons of Washington-politics and in turn the Democratic Party.

Trump's argument is that NOI will carry out their bidding, which is indirectly allowing "China" economically over-run the Asia-Pacific & the globe. He sees them as globalists or what they call internationalists.

This is because NOI is for multilateral trading just like Yoo...so for Trump, it is simply politics.

Perhaps, he needs some assurances because the WTO cannot go ahead without the US on board.

The WTO must create some concessions for the US, a few assurances here and there (which must not include the position of the amiable DG-in-waiting), then hopefully we can bounce back to where we should be.

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by fergie001: 8:27am On Oct 29, 2020
Paul8344:
NOI was selected by 104 out of the 164 member states but WTO election is by consensus not majority vote also a veto from any member state can block the consensus,
They are still in the consensus stage and the US plans to block her emergence
Which means a vote maybe the only option left

Make no mistake this isn't about Nigeria or NOI
Its about ideologies and trade war

NOI is a pro trade (liberalist) economist
While trump is a protectionist and as such will block any liberalist
Also the best bet of neutralizing China's influence on world trade is the south Korea n
NOI on the other side will not take orders from neither Abuja nor Washington and of course cannot be tamed.that makes her a bad candidate based on US interest
There is heavy pressure for the South Korean to formally withdraw.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by tartar9(m): 8:42am On Oct 29, 2020
Kingspin:

Hello!, America and the West have welcomed more Muslims than the fellow Muslim countries themselves.

I stayed in a Muslim govern country and many of the top rich and middle class schooled, schooling or dream is to go America and Europe. The whole fight between Iran and America yet their citizen are all over America and Europe. In fact they love American product especially the iPhone.
Come to think of it. AMERICA, the WEST gave them citizenship and rights ordinary their home can not offer them.
But them no born you well for Muslims to offers stranger citizenship. And many other factual issues.

And again the same Trump you try to castigate delivered ventilators and other aids to Nigeria. Hope you're aware.

Then why would Buhari send soldiers to kill people at Lekki next day it becomes an ipob issue.
Pls learn to say something accordingly, I see many NLander do that.

Realize how to separate issue. Don't bring A and B together just to make a point. Unfortunate.

That the way it is.

Leave, Igbo, Biafra matter this is not the topic.
For a threat to leave your West, If I can leave Nigeria, how much more part of Nigeria.

One Nigeria indeed.
America has not welcomed more Muslims,go check the data. Some well-to-do Muslim countries are almost entirely made up of immigrants.
Leave Muslim matter too.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by olioxx(m): 8:54am On Oct 29, 2020
fergie001:
US is one of those countries that can veto. If consultations aren't successful....nothing will happen on Nov 9.
Dude I wanna learn more about US veto powers in WTO. I would appreciate your inputs
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by shegzhkn: 9:06am On Oct 29, 2020
GamalNasser:


Lose texas ? cheesy too much main stream media ...even california is in play as we speak ...

Wow, Cali is in play ....

I just wasted my time trying to snap you back to reality.


Sorry, Good bye.
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by membranus: 9:10am On Oct 29, 2020
One4me:


You dont know jerk, Boss! grin

"Vote Manipulations" can be LEGAL and some are illegal.
The illegal ones take you to Jail, the Legal ones, nobody can do a thang about.
Example: You can "lagally" manipulate the tax laws so that you can be a Billionaire like Trump and still pay $750 annual tax, far less than a street Sweeper pays. That is legal manipulation. undecided
Or How do you explain a Billionaie paying #750 annual Tax, when Wesley Snipes, a Black man, was sent to jail, his career ruined, for paying less tax (though he still paid Millions of Dollars annualy) than he was supposed to pay? undecided

Now look at it, in states tha he needs to pick a few Delegates, and he knows the majority of Voters wont Vote for him, he simple employs "legal manipulations" like Slowing down the arrival of their Ballots (remove most Ballot boxes and leave one for 2million people, in a 30Miles Radius! How many voters want to make a 30Mile journey in cold weather, under Corona Virus, to drop a Ballot or wait in-line for 8hrs to vote?
Most Blacks will simply not Vote, giving trump an advantage to pick his delegates.!
He knows he will never win the most /Popular Vote so he is betting on the Electoral College to do it for him again, just like in 2016
undecided

He just got a Supreme Court Order that says Votes that arrive after counting Starts on election day (even if they were posted five days ago before election day) should notbe counted. WHY?
Reason is that he sees that most Democrats want to Vote by "Mail-in -ballot".
He simply changed the head of the Postal Service, asked him to throw away most of the Sorting machines at the Postal Service, all in an effort to SLOW DOWN the arrival of Mail-in Ballots so that most of them will not meet the deadline.
Result: Millions of Democrats will vote but majortiy of their ballots will not count because "they will be made to arrive late". undecided Legal manipulation 2

Again, he knows most Blacks, due to the UNJUST Justice System in the USA, have one offense or misdemeanour against their name.
He knows that the police issue arrests on Blacks, far more than on Whites.
He challenged a Court rulling which would have allowed such people to Vote... he knows they would be voting Democrats.
Result: Most Democrat-leaning people cannot vote. Legal Manipulation,

It is called Voter Suppression but when done by a crafty person like Trump, it can be "legal", especially now that he has quickly rushed another Justice on the Supreme Court, using his Republic Rogues in the Senate.
Now, legally, he will begin to manipulate "Judgements" from a 6-3 Supreme Court that he appointed three of the Judges, ensuring they are Judges whose ideology agrees with is own.
Manipulation of the Supreme Court Judgements, but Legal. undecided

Infact, the level of "Legal" but unsavoury Manipulation" going-on in the US right now, is more than what PDP and APC combined, have done in all their years since 1999. grin grin undecided

Oga thanks for the turenchi.

Remember 66 millions have already voted and their votes have arrived at the destination, which is a record.

Many are still voting early to crush the mealy mouthed racist a week to the real date, and their votes will count.

So friend, despite all his desperate vote manipulation shenanigans, your hero Trump, by this time next week will be going out of office. And he will be beaten black and blue by a wide margin never seen in an American presidential election. And sadly he will take a lot republican congressmen and senators with him to political oblivion.

Mark my words.

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Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by GamalNasser: 9:22am On Oct 29, 2020
shegzhkn:


Wow, Cali is in play ....

I just wasted my time trying to snap you back to reality.


Sorry, Good bye.

You came here to say Texas is in play and you don't want to agree California is also in play ...Trump is pulling better numbers in california than any GOP in recent time ...are you sure you are following this Election well...
This is california just 10 days


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TeuCiKIic8
Re: #WTO-DG: Okonjo-Iweala Suggested As New WTO Chief, But US Vetoes by Horlertoungy(m): 9:31am On Oct 29, 2020
TlOver to you people that see America as your alpha and Omega and Trump as your god. You see how your god is treating you like shit now? Continue being their slaves and see how they'll be making mock of you.
But in Sha Allah, NOI will prevail with or without American support because in God we trust and on HIM we rely

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