World Trade Organization
Brazilian Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, the upcoming U.N. World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general, speaks during a press conference in Brasilia, on May 17, 2013. Azevedo has been named as the new head of the World Trade Organisation, the first Latin American to hold the post. He beat Mexican nominee Herminio Blanco in the final round, marking the growing role of the region in the world economy.
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Whether commonalities on global issues like the WTO (World Trade Organization), or climate change, or even greater economic ties, can bind us in amity, or at least prevent the worst, remain debatable, but the attempt would certainly serve our interests, provided we also gear ourselves up.
We will be putting forward a list of retaliatory products to make sure that the Americans have a further understanding of what that will be ... The process requires that it goes back to the WTO for a ruling on whether or not their changes are acceptable. Should they not be, then those retaliatory measures are assessed and put into play, and that process can take some months if not a year.
Both our countries are working closely in various multilateral forums including BRICS, IBSA, G20 and others on reform of global political and economic governance. In this context, election of the Brazilian candidate for the post of Director General WTO assumes salienceMore quotes »
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