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Okonjo-Iweala begs U.S. President, Donald Trump not to leave WTO

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Nigeria’s candidate rooting to head the World Trade Organization (WTO) , Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged U.S. President Donald Trump, or his successor, not to leave the Geneva-based body in a press briefing on Wednesday, saying that reforms were possible.

“Don’t leave now: let’s fix what needs fixing,”i Okonjo-Iweala said in response to a question about her message to the current president or any future U.S. president.

Okonjo-Iweala is one of eight candidates competing to become the trade watchdog’s next leader and has been taking questions from the WTO’s 164 members in Geneva this week. Reuters

 

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