Reactions as Gordon Brown Backs Okonjo-Iweala's WTO-DG Bid | READ DEATILS
chuks oti
Jul 28, 2020
Gordon Brown has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation, arguing that she has a record of delivering results in "the toughest of jobsÔÇØ.
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The former Prime Minister claimed that Dr Okonjo-Iweala, from Nigeria, would make an "outstanding successÔÇØ of running the Swiss-based regulator, which is facing an existential crisis while searching for its next director-general and grappling with the global economic disruption caused by Covid-19.
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By backing Dr Okonjo-Iweala and claiming she is respected "across the whole of the worldÔÇØ, Mr Brown, a former Labour leader and chancellor, has passed over Liam Fox, the former Conservative trade secretary, whom Britain has nominated in the contest.
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Dr Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister, now leads the board of Gavi, the global vaccine alliance.
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