https://www.scmp.com/rss/507584/feed Hector Rogelio Torres is a senior fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation, a former WTO staff member and former executive director at the International Monetary Fund en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The World Trade Organization is about to elect its first female director general. Be it Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria or Yoo Myung-hee from South Korea, she will find the WTO in a deep crisis. The rules-based trading system has been cracking for a long time. It is now caught up in agonising geopolitical tensions, and the pandemic has exacerbated old problems. Governments’ initial reaction of halting exports on medical supplies and medicines has further eroded confidence in the WTO’s capacity... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3106477/how-next-wto-chief-can-ensure-covid-19-crisis-doesnt-go-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3106477/how-next-wto-chief-can-ensure-covid-19-crisis-doesnt-go-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:30:09 +0000