Any future WTO leader will head an organisation mired in stalled trade talks and struggling to curb trade tensions between the United States and China. The global trade body faces relentless attacks from Washington, which has crippled the WTO dispute settlement appeal system and threatened to leave altogether. SEE ALSO: How the next WTO chief will be chosen and the task ahead"It could well be that many WTO members want to wait until after the (US) election, hoping that the administration changes." "I have confidence in the selection process and look forward to this concluding in good time," Liam Fox of Britain told AFP in an email. Kenyan candidate Amina Mohamed insisted in an interview that she saw "no reason to doubt that the timetable (announced for the selection process) won't be realised.

Source: Standard Digital August 31, 2020 04:52 UTC