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WTO - U.S President Joe Biden Endorses Okonjo Iweala

  The U.S President and his administration on Friday gave their vote of confidence to Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation - WTO, clearing a path for her to become the organization’s first female and first African leader. The move marks another sharp split with former president Donald Trump who paralyzed the organisation and opposed the candidacy of the former Nigerian finance minister who was backed by many other countries. The US Trade Representative in a statement cited her “wealth