US President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday offered its “strong support” to Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO), this is making her to become the body’s first female and first African leader.
The move by Biden's administration has paralyzed former President Donald Trump's opposition against the candidacy of Okonjo-Iweala, who was backed by many other countries. The US Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement cited Okonjo-Iweala as a “wealth of knowledge in economics and international diplomacy” and said she had “proven experience managing a large international organization.” USTR also noted that South Korea’s trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, who the Trump administration supported had abandoned her bid to head the WTO earlier on Friday.
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