Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will serve a second term as director-general of the World Trade Organization beginning next year, the organization said on Friday, following an early election process in which the ...

Okonjo-Iweala noted that shifts in the global economy are opening new opportunities for LDCs, particularly in sectors such as ...

The WTO director-general ran unopposed. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to serve a second term as the head of the World Trade Organization, following her reelection to the post on Nov. 29. According to ...

This would be Okonjo-Iweala’s 6th recognition in her career. Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family with a particular focus on ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at a conference on world poverty in London in 2009 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reappointed on Friday as head of the World Trade Organization, hinged her leadership on breaking logjams at ...

Her reappointment could be approved in mid-December, but the U.S. or another WTO member could still object. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has cleared a major hurdle in ...

Time magazine released its annual list highlighting the world’s 100 most influential people. A few of those named were no-brainers—music icon Beyoncé, film mastermind Steve McQueen, Pope Francis and ...

Okonjo-Iweala can feel the support of the African continent behind her. There are feelers that world powers are increasingly warming up to her as well. Okonjo-Iweala is battling a handful of other ...

GENEVA — The World Trade Organization chief said Friday she's "eager" to work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Trump's plans to ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The 164 countries of the World Trade Organization on Monday approved Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the body's new head. She is the first woman and the first ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s the interconnected nature of our world. A virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has now spread to virtually ...