Second term for WTO chief as Trump’s return looms over trade body’s future

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said she is ‘eager’ to work with Donald Trump (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

The head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said she is “eager” to work with the US President-elect and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Donald Trump’s plans to impose new tariffs on goods from other countries including China, Mexico and Canada.

WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made the comments to reporters after member countries handed her a second four-year term, in a vote with no opposition.