The World Trade Organization’s General Council Chair David Walker said Wednesday that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had garnered the most support among WTO members to become the next global trade chief, a WTO spokesperson said.

The United States said, however, it could not support the candidacy of Okonjo-Iweala and said it would continue to back the South Korean candidate Yoo Myung-hee.

Walker and his colleagues have finished a long process of consultations, where each member could indicate their preference. Walker told WTO ambassadors Wednesday that Okonjo-Iweala, and not Yoo, was most likely to secure a consensus among the membership, which is needed to select the next chief of the global trade organization.

However, the suggestion of Walker and his colleagues is not the final step of the process as some members can veto their suggestion, which the U.S. now threatened to do.

WTO members must formally decide in their General Council meeting who becomes the next director general. This meeting will happen on November 9. Before then, there will be consultations.

jlinkd78:
She will overcome

jlinkd78:
She will overcome

Juliusmalema:
Good but Mr fergee001 your topic is misleading

US didn't veto anything but sticks on their preferred candidate.

after all China, EU and Japan sticks with Iweala and China alone contributes to 12.4% trade statistics while US China has 12% of trade.....


US will have to swallow their pride this time around.

kahal29:

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

fergie001:

US is one of those countries that can veto.
If consultations aren't successful....nothing will happen on Nov 9.

Juliusmalema:




One of you say..

after all over the years US has moved in line with EU and others but of recently it hasn't been so.

Before 9 all consultations will be successful. US will have to agree to other veto powers also.

Let the consultation continue.

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

Juliusmalema:
Good but Mr fergie001 your topic is misleading

US didn't veto anything but sticks on their preferred candidate.

after all China, EU and Japan sticks with Iweala and China alone contributes to 12.4% trade statistics while US China has 12% of trade.....


US will have to swallow their pride this time around. They are just kicking unnecessarily.

China, EU even Japan are a whole lot of strong backing plus over 90 countries joined together.

Noneroone:
Us 'vetoes'? how possible?

pls op modify the title. US didn't veto anything.

gaetano:
You can imagine what this British idiot is predicting. He's even again NOI

RuddyFusion:
. The op is right US has vetoe but that's not the end....if Biden takes upper hand in USA election this will change ....if Trump do then WTO will go the way of voting ,...YOO may also step down and USA can be persuade to back NOI

Juliusmalema:


Others powers also have veto power.

tartar9:

In other words she needs to be America's puppet rather than Chinese puppet

Sanchez01:

The US may veto the decision as they are clearly against NOI.