Former Finance Minster of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks on during the Opening Plenary Session: "Partnering for Global Prosperity," at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sept 19, 2016 in New York. - AFP
GENEVA (Reuters): The World Trade Organization's bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty on Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog's next director-general.
Just six days before the US election in which trade is a hot topic, Washington struck another blow at the WTO. The Trump administration has already paralysed the WTO's role as global arbiter on trade by blocking appointments to its appeals panel.
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