{"id":151462,"date":"2020-09-19T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T22:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/liam-fox-still-in-running-for-wto-chief-as-race-narrows\/"},"modified":"2020-09-19T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T22:25:20","slug":"liam-fox-still-in-running-for-wto-chief-as-race-narrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/liam-fox-still-in-running-for-wto-chief-as-race-narrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Fox still in running for WTO chief as race narrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former minister and leading Brexiteer Liam Fox remains in the running to be the new head of the World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Three other contenders have been knocked out of the competition after failing to secure enough votes.<\/p>\n<p>It means five candidates remain in the race to be the next director-general.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Fox would be the first British boss of the organisation, which regulates the terms of international trade.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted his congratulations to Mr Fox, saying the WTO \u201cwould be in excellent hands under his leadership\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He has also won the support of his ministerial successor. Trade Secretary Liz Truss said she was \u201cdelighted\u201d Mr Fox remains in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world needs a WTO director general that will stand up for free trade and fight protectionism. Business as usual will not work. We need someone with political skill who can build consensus, get things done, and drive forward the urgent reform that is needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiam is the ideal candidate for that,\u201d said Ms Truss.<\/p>\n<p>The three candidates who left the race are Mexico\u2019s Jesus Seade, Egypt\u2019s Hamid Mamdouh and Moldova\u2019s Tudor Ulianovschi.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining candidates to replace the current director-general, the Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, have to secure support from the WTO\u2019s 164 member states.<\/p>\n<p>The members have said they want to reach a consensus in November. The contest comes at a crucial time for the Geneva-based body, amid a slump in global trade in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<h2>Latest odds<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Fox is still an outsider in the race to be the next WTO chief, according to the latest odds from Ladbrokes, which has him in fourth place at 10\/1.<\/p>\n<p>The other remaining candidates are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amina Mohamed of Kenya \u2013 a former cabinet minister, lawyer and diplomat. She was the chairwoman of the WTO\u2019s general council and is 11\/4 favourite<\/li>\n<li>Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria \u2013 an economist and expert in international development who worked at the World Bank and now sits on Twitter\u2019s board. She is a US citizen, having studied at Harvard and earned a PhD from MIT, and 2\/1 second favourite<\/li>\n<li>Yoo Myung-hee of the Republic of Korea \u2013 the first woman to be South Korea\u2019s trade secretary, she has focused her career on trade negotiations, and 6\/1 with Ladbrokes<\/li>\n<li>Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri of Saudi Arabia \u2013 a former minister and managing director for HSBC in the Middle East. He was a pilot in the Saudi Air Force during the First Gulf War and has worked in banking since 1995. An outsider at 10\/1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u2018Brexit prism\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Fox was the UK\u2019s international trade secretary under former prime minister Theresa May, when he was responsible for promoting UK trade post-Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>He was sacked when Mr Johnson entered Downing Street, having supported Mrs May\u2019s Brexit withdrawal deal, which Mr Johnson opposed.<\/p>\n<p>He has downplayed the importance of Brexit and did not mention it in his speech to the WTO\u2019s governing body in July.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether ongoing trade talks between the UK and EU would prove an advantage or obstacle to his bid, he replied: \u201cVery fortunately, not everyone in the world sees every issue through the Brexit prism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his hearing, Mr Fox said the WTO needed an experienced politician \u2013 rather than a \u201ctechnocrat\u201d \u2013 to help it navigate \u201cwhat is a very difficult time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read from source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-54205561\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-54205561<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former minister and leading Brexiteer Liam Fox remains in the running to be the new head of the Worl..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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