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Explainer: How the next WTO chief will be chosen and the task ahead

The World Trade Organization will be led by a woman for the first time in its 25-year history after two female candidates made it to the final round of selection to become the Geneva-based body’s director-general.

A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 2, 2020. [Reuters]

The winning candidate will replace Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo, who stepped down on August 31, a year early.

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