Member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday to give Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a second four-year term. The move by the Geneva-based trade body comes as its future is clouded by the return to power in the United States of President-elect Donald Trump, which has the world’s single biggest economy.
GENEVA — Member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday to give Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a second four-year term.
During his first term, the Trump administration largely bypassed WTO rules by imposing tariffs on steel and other goods from countries including China and even U.S. allies.
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