Nigerians are breaking records all around the world and we don't seem to be stopping anytime soon. The former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to be the first woman of African descent to lead the World trade Organisation.

The former Nigerian Finance Minister is taking the reins of the WTO during one of the most tumultuous periods for global trade. President Donald Trump's combative response to China's aggressive pursuit of dominance in key technology sectors tore at the seams of the rules-based trading system the United States helped create after World War II.

Okonjo-Iweala, who holds dual U.S. citizenship, will have to quickly demonstrate her ability to bring countries together after four years of growing mistrust generated largely by Trump’s highly disruptive “America First” trade policy. There will be tremendous pressure on her to produce significant results by the end of the year, when the WTO is expected to hold its first ministerial conference under her watch.

Okonjo-Iweala’s ability to help fix those problems and avoid the WTO becoming little more than a trade debating society on the shores of Lake Geneva will depend largely on her diplomatic skills and powers of persuasion.

More here - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/14/wto-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-468953

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