Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala, Seven From Other Countries Join The Race For Top WTO Job     With a former Nigerian foreign and finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading in the race for the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, more strong candidates have emerged. The Economic Confidential gathered that...

Report Shows Further Weakening In Global Trade   The growth of world merchandise trade volumes is likely to remain weak in the third quarter of 2019 according to the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) latest 'Goods Trade Barometer.' The latest reading of 95.7 from the barometer, formerly the...

Nigeria received with great excitement the announcement by Roberto Azevêdo Director General of the World Trade Organisation of entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on February 22 2017. Speaking at his office in Abuja in reaction to the announcement, Mr Olusegun Awolowo,...

President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend said Nigeria remains fully committed to free international trade, despite its present economic circumstances. President Buhari spoke during an audience in the Presidential Villa with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ambassador Roberto Azevedo. A statement by Special...