Europe should have a candidate to become the next head of the World Trade Organization, the European Union said on Thursday (28.05.2020).EU trade chief Phil Hogan describing the prospect of a future European leader as “wonderful”.
Brazilian CEO Roberto Azevedo will resign at the end of August, a year earlier than expected.
«Of course we hope to have a European candidate."," EU Trade Commissioner Hogan told the European Parliament's trade committee.
«It would be wonderful to have a European candidate elected as Director General of the WTO at a time when we need a reform of the organization, to make it more effective and efficient, to adapt the rules to the new realities of the 21st century. ," he continued.
A name that analysts often cite is the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, who was chief of staff to former WTO chief Pascal Lamy.
She told Reuters on Thursday she was “full” with her current job and was “100% dedicated” to serving her country under difficult circumstances due to the coronavirus crisis.
«It is a process that has only just begun, a discussion that the EU has to have.", He said.
Nominations can be made from June 8 to July 8.
With three of the six previous managing directors from Europe and the others from Thailand, Brazil and New Zealand, There is pressure to elect a leader from Africa.
Finding a successor is unlikely to be easy at a time of global tensions exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including strained relations between the United States and China and rising protectionism.
Source: Reuters
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