Tag: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

• Monday, September 15th 2025 - 17:57 UTC

  WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force; strong support for multilateralism

  

  At a special General Council meeting on 15 September, WTO members celebrated the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which commits members to curbing billions of dollars in annual spending on the most harmful subsidies that contribute to the depletion of marine fish stocks.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro, WTO chief agree on Brazil's role as food supplier

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro Monday acknowledged Brazil's role amid increasing global food insecurity as he met with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  WTO urges members to end fisheries subsidies discussions by next February/March

  

  World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged delegation heads to redouble their efforts to bridge differences on the ongoing discussions on curbing harmful fisheries subsidies by the end of February 2022. Discussions were suspended because of the Covid-19 Omicron variant

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  WTO predicts global merchandise trade volume growth of 10,8% this year

  

  The World Trade Organization, WTO, is now predicting global merchandise trade volume growth of 10.8% in 2021—up from 8.0% forecasted in March—followed by a 4.7% rise in 2022.

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 11:46 UTC

  WTO new chief admits reforming the dispute resolution body “won't be easy”

  

  Reforming the World Trade Organization’s paralyzed dispute-resolution body will be a key priority for the institution, but the process won’t be easy, incoming Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said.

• Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:17 UTC

  WTO chief calls on rich countries to share vaccines now, rather than waiting for the surplus

  

  The World Trade Organization, WTO, chief said that UK and other wealthy nations should send Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries now rather than waiting for the surplus.

• Thursday, April 12th 2012 - 01:04 UTC

  US World Bank candidate tells board of directors he is not afraid of ‘challenging orthodoxies’

  

  Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to head the World Bank, told the bank's board of directors that he would not hesitate to question the status quo and do his best to help the world poorest.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2012 - 06:58 UTC

  Developing countries nominate top candidates for the World Bank presidency

  

  The US is under intense pressure to nominate a top candidate for the World Bank presidency after developing countries put forward two credible contenders of their own.