The race to be the next global trade chief is on, and it promises to be a more geopolitical contest than ever as tensions between the U.S. and China are bound to loom over the appointment
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Trump regards the WTO as too soft on China and its highest court — the main arbitrator of trade disputes —The coronavirus pandemic has only compounded accusations of The trade world will be focusing on whether candidates are seen as aligned to heavyweights like the U.S., China and the EU. But naming yet another European may not go down well with other blocs. Azevêdo’s immediate predecessor Pascal Lamy was French. There is a growing feeling among trade diplomats that it’s Africa's turn to lead to the trade organization. Several African names are circulating, but a unifying candidate has not emerged so far.
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