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Good morning from Geneva where @WTO watchers are looking for white smoke.
Today at 3pm the troika will tell WTO delegates which DG candidate - @NOIweala or @YooMyunghee1 - is best poised to command consensus support of the WTO membership.
Today at 3pm the troika will tell WTO delegates which DG candidate - @NOIweala or @YooMyunghee1 - is best poised to command consensus support of the WTO membership.
NB: This is an interim step in the WTO's complex DG selection process.
Following the Troika's recommendation WTO members must hold a special meeting of the WTO General Council to determine if the final candidate can indeed be supported by a consensus of the WTO's 164 members.
Following the Troika's recommendation WTO members must hold a special meeting of the WTO General Council to determine if the final candidate can indeed be supported by a consensus of the WTO's 164 members.
For more information about how the WTO's DG selection process works check out this thread: https://twitter.com/bbaschuk/status/1321032371878137856
This afternoon the Troika informed the two @wto DG candidates that @NOIweala has a wide margin of support and is best poised to reach consensus. https://bloom.bg/2HIhkJF
But...
The U.S. is opposed to @NOIweala's appointment as DG, despite the fact that she is a dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen. https://bloom.bg/3bhZR5g
The U.S. is opposed to @NOIweala's appointment as DG, despite the fact that she is a dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen. https://bloom.bg/3bhZR5g
Members will discuss this at the 15:00 CET Informal Heads of Delegation meeting in Geneva.
Stay tuned...
Stay tuned...
An impasse is not all that shocking, btw.
There is a significant deficit of trust at the @wto
In August a disagreement between
, 
& 
prevented members from agreeing to appoint an interim DG.
https://bloom.bg/39PKi43
Disorder is actually par for the course for the @wto
There is a significant deficit of trust at the @wto
In August a disagreement between
, & prevented members from agreeing to appoint an interim DG. https://bloom.bg/39PKi43
Disorder is actually par for the course for the @wto
After a slight delay, the @wto informal heads of delegations meeting is beginning now.
Stay tuned...
Stay tuned...
Buckle up.
It’s about to get weird.
It’s about to get weird.
Now what happens?
WTO members will try to resolve this B4 their Nov. 9 General Council meeting.
But is expected to dig its heels in & members may push a decision until 2021.
Meanwhile there’s a US Presidential election on Nov. 3
The next president is inaugurated Jan. 20
WTO members will try to resolve this B4 their Nov. 9 General Council meeting.
But
is expected to dig its heels in & members may push a decision until 2021. Meanwhile there’s a US Presidential election on Nov. 3
The next president is inaugurated Jan. 20
That’s a wrap.
Thanks for following.
Thanks for following.
