[Jonah Onyango, Standard]Power politics will be playing out soon at the World Trade Organization candidate selection process. Despite the fancy luncheons and receptions being held to entertain the eight candidates who are determined to lead WTO, the first selection veto process is more about deciding who doesn’t. So far, Kenya’s Amina Mohammed seems like a suitable candidate that ticks most boxes in the delegates’ checklist. She is an ex-trade minister, a former WTO ambassador, and a previous chair of a WTO ministerial conference. Amina is well versed with the WTO’s procedures and legal texts and she personally helped negotiate the WTO’s most recent package of multilateral agreements.

Source: Standard Digital July 22, 2020 17:01 UTC