BFF-23 Five candidates remain in running for WTO chief

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Five candidates remain in running for WTO chief

GENEVA, Sept 18, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – The list of candidates running to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was narrowed to five after 164 members completed the first round of consultations, the WTO said on Friday.

They are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria, Yoo Myung-hee from the Republic of Korea, Amina Mohamed from Kenya, Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri from Saudi Arabia, and Liam Fox from Britain.

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