Yoo drops bid to become new WTO head, clears way for Nigerian candidate
(WorldNews South Korea)

This combination of file pictures shows South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, left, in Geneva on July 16, 2020; and Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva on July 15, 2020, as they give press conferences as part of their application process to head the WTO as Director General. AFP-Yonhap South Korean candidate Yoo Myung-hee on Friday withdrew her bid to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), clearing the way for her Nigerian rival to take the post. `Due to the prolonged vacancy of the leadership at the WTO, the future of the...