The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned, at a crucial moment for the global economy. Roberto Azevedo's surprise departure comes as the WTO ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reappointed on Friday as head of the World Trade Organization, hinged her leadership on breaking logjams at the sclerotic institution through craft, dynamism and sheer force ...

Nevertheless, when it comes to helping realise Africa's big trade policy - the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) - the WTO head could play a role. The agreement, the implementation ...

The World Trade Organization’s chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday said she was “less optimistic” about world trade in 2024, pointing to tensions in the Red Sea.The head of the ...

When Roberto Azevedo stepped down early as WTO head in August 2020, Okonjo-Iweala put herself forward and saw off seven other candidates. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities ...

Ms. Maria Dimitriadou is the World Bank Special Representative to the UN and the WTO, and Head of the World Bank Geneva Office. She is a Greek National with more than twenty-five years of experience ...

When Roberto Azevedo stepped down early as WTO head in August 2020, Okonjo-Iweala put herself forward and saw off seven other candidates.

Kenya’s candidate to become the next head of the World Trade Organisation pledged on Thursday to integrate climate change issues into the WTO agenda if selected. Kenya's Amina Mohamed prepares ...

Finally the Paraguayan official said that the process to name a new WTO head was started in December 2012 with the presentation of nine hopeful names. The process to build a consensus on reaching ...

YEKATERINBURG, July 12. /TASS/. Russia must remain in the World Trade Organization (WTO), head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergey Katyrin told TASS on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ...