The United States has said it is supporting South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation because she is a “trade expert”. The PUNCH had reported that the US opposed Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate to lead the WTO. However, the European Union and WTO’s ambassadors backed Okonjo-Iweala for the position. US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, while giving reasons for opposing Okonjo-Iweala, who gained American citizenship in 2019, said WTO needs “someone with real, hands-on experience in the field”. This was contained in a statement issued by the office of the