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By Ernest Z. Bower Smoke signals from this week’s Geneva cloister to determine the new leader of the World Trade Organization revealed results much less surprising than the choice of Pope Francis. The two Latin Americans, Roberto Azevedo of Brazil and Herminio Blanco of Mexico, are the finalists. What is interesting is what this says about Asia’s support for global trade. Three …
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EU supports Latin American candidates for WTO top job – report
SAO PAULO–The European Union threw its support this week behind Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo and Mexico’s Herminio Blanco to take over as head of the World Trade Organization after Director General Pascal Lamy steps down later this year, U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable said Wednesday. Azevedo, the current Brazil representative at the WTO, “was one of two nominees put forward by …
Read More »Azevedo, Pangestu have edge over Groser – Inside US Trade
Inside US Trade is predicting the race for the WTO Director-General”s job is narrowing to an Indonesia-Brazil showdown. As I noted in my column in the NZ Herald last week the key contest in the second “sudden death” round is between Groser, Brazil”s WTO ambassador Roberto Calvalho de Azevedo (reported as having an edge in diplomatic circles) and Indonesia”s former …
Read More »Tim Groser heads onto rival’s home turf as WTO contest sharpens
Tim Groser will make a strong – but indirect – plug for the right person to be appointed to the top job in global trade when he heads to Surabaya, Indonesia tomorrow for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers’ meeting. Groser’s message is – “It is crucial to the success of the WTO’s mission that its members choose a …
Read More »Race for WTO top job heats up – Five official candidates including NZ’s Tim Groser; Indonesia nomination still to complete paperwork
Two more candidates for the top World Trade Organisation job tossed their hats into the ring yesterday joining NZ’s Tim Groser and candidates from Costa Rica and Ghana. Groser’s candidacy – first revealed by this journalist in the NZ Herald in August – was expected. After four years as trade minister, Groser has polished his political skills and developed a …
Read More »Groser in with chance to lead WTO
Prime Minister John Key will effectively open Tim Groser’s campaign for the top job in international trade at the forthcoming East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh. “Quite a number of leaders have said to me that ‘Yes, we support Tim’,” Key revealed to this columnist when questioned on Groser’s expected pitch to be the next director-general of the World Trade …
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