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Myung-hee Myung-hee, head of the Trade and Negotiation Headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, overcame the first of three obstacles towards the Secretary General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She passed the first round in which a total of 8 candidates competed.
5 people including Yu Myung-hee passed … Round 2 from 24
Round 1 was approved by Myung-hee Myung-hee, head of the trade negotiation headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, who was running for the election of the next secretary general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Pictured is Myeong-hee Myung-hee, the head of headquarters, at a press conference at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. [신화=연합뉴스]
The Ministry of Industry announced on the 18th that Headquarters Head Yoo went through the first round of the WTO Secretary-General from July and advanced to the second round.
Of the eight candidates, five candidates, including General Manager Yoo, Ngoji Okonzo-Iwella (Nigeria), Amina Mohamed (Kenya), Mohammad R.Twoisri (Arabia) and Liam Fox (UK), advanced to the second round. Jesus Seade (Mexico), Hamid Momdu (Egypt) and Ullianovsky (Moldova) were eliminated.
The second round, which compresses two of the five candidates, runs from the 24th to the 6th of the following month. If each of the WTO member states votes for two of the five candidates they prefer, three people with a reduced number of votes are eliminated in the same way as in the first round. The third round schedule comes after the second round.
The Ministry of Industry said: “The qualities and experience of Director Yoo, the status of the ROK enhanced by K-Defense, etc., were endorsed by TF from the whole government, such as the Ministry of Industry.”
Myung-hee Myung-hee, one from Nigeria and Yanggang … A real fight from now on
In fact, Yoo’s first pass was expected to be fine. Korea’s position in world trade is ahead of the other eight candidates, and Yoo’s personal career as a woman who dedicated her life to the field of trade was cited as a strength.
The biggest challenge for the WTO Secretary General is the second round, which starts on the 24th. This is because the approximate market price is determined as much as the final candidate is determined. Currently, the person who is counted as the second class to compete with Director Yoo is the Nigerian clotting site Okonzo-Iwella Huboda. It is advantageous to be a woman like CEO Yoo and to have the support of Africa, which has the largest number of WTO member states. It is evaluated that it can obtain Chinese support to control the United States.
There are some variables. This is because candidate Ngoji Okonzo-Iwella has been identified as a dual citizen who possesses both Nigerian and US citizenship. Ahn Deok-geun, a professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, said, “It is important to see how the Chinese will accept being an American citizen.”
The growing conflict between the United States and China is also a variable
The growing conflict between the United States and China could have a somewhat negative effect on Director Yoo. Headquarters Yoo said that while he is running for secretary general of the WTO, he will save the WTO, which is in crisis due to the conflict between the United States and China, and “restore the multilateral trading system.” If the difficult situation between the two countries continues, Director Yoo’s position may be reduced.
Also, compared to other candidates who have a large regional base such as Africa, Korea has clearly not received regional support, such as having a trade conflict with Japan. In particular, the election of the United States, which is in conflict with China, may become more important as it approaches the last minute.
Attorney Ki-ho Song said: “It seems difficult to see that Yoo is receiving support from the United States and Japan, considering the fact that the United States proposed mediation by the secretary-general rather than installing the panel at the panel installation meeting. the WTO on export control in Japan. “It is important to know how to present the vision of this to the member states.”
Sejong = Reporter Kim Namjun [email protected]
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