Eight officials, including senior officials from the Korean Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry, candidate as WTO Executive Directors 8:37 on July 9
Eight people, including senior officials from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry of Korea, have submitted candidates for the candidacy to select the secretary general who is the top of the WTO = World Trade Organization. Although full-scale selection will proceed from now on, it is unclear whether the current secretary general will be selected by the end of next month when he will retire.
The WTO, which is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is an international organization that has 164 countries and regions including Japan as a member, and is responsible for resolving trade disputes. , Selection of successor is in progress.
The candidate's deadline was closed on the 8th, and eight people from South Korea, Nigeria, Mexico, and the United Kingdom have filed reports.
Among them, South Korea's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry's Director of Trade Negotiations, Yoo Myung-hee, has criticized Japan's measures to tighten export control of semiconductor raw materials for South Korea. In a press conference held last month after South Korea filed a lawsuit against the WTO, he said, "The Secretary-General is not a post representing a specific state." Explaining.
The eight candidates will give a speech at a meeting starting on the 15th of this month, and full-scale selection will proceed, but until now it took about half a year to elect a new secretary general. It is unclear whether the Secretary-General will be elected by the end of next month when he retires.