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UPDATE 1-In message to U.S., Nigerian candidate says time to fix WTO not quit

Published 15/07/2020, 17:11
UPDATE 1-In message to U.S., Nigerian candidate says time to fix WTO not quit

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GENEVA, July 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria's candidate to head the
World Trade Organization urged U.S. President Donald Trump or
his successor on Wednesday not to leave the Geneva-based body,
saying reforms were possible.
Washington has been a regular critic of the WTO and is along
with other members is urging reforms to its 25-year-old global
trade rule book. It has also blocked appointments to its top
appeals court, paralysing its functions.
However, despite Trump's plans to leave another Geneva-based
body, the World Health Organization, over its handling of the
COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. government sources say his
administration remains committed to reforming the WTO, not
abandoning it altogether.
"Surely it's not the time now to leave a WTO that matters.
We need an institution that can promote a rules-based
system...," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told a news briefing when asked
for her message to the current U.S. president or any future one.
"Don't leave now. Let's try to fix what needs fixing."
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.


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