05/02/2021 (Agence Europe) – Yoo Myung-hee, South Korea’s Trade Minister and candidate for the WTO leadership, announced, on Friday 5 February, her withdrawal from the competition. Her withdrawal thus gives way to the Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Finance and favourite for the post. The United States had been blocking the latter’s candidacy since October 2020 (see EUROPE B12594A23). According to Bloomberg, several US leaders have called on the new US President, Joe...