{"id":27375,"title":"Event | What the Selection of a New Director General Means for Global Trade Governance","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/economy-security-trade\/webinar-recording-what-the-selection-of-a-new-director-general-means-for-global-trade-governance\/","date":"15. Oktober 2020","date_unix":1602763398,"date_modified_unix":1748001441,"date_iso":"2020-10-15T12:03:18+00:00","content":"<div class=\"postContentEmbed\">\n<div class=\"embedContainer embedContainer--video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online Discussion: What the Selection of a New Director General Means for Global Trade Governance\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iCPZR0Z1YfI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The WTO is entering the final stages of choosing a new Director General. On October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, the final contenders out of an <a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/trade-and-investment\/the-time-is-right-for-a-leader-at-the-wto-who-will-it-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >initial group of eight<\/a> were announced: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria) and Yoo Myung-hee (South Korea). What do these candidates stand for and what agenda lies ahead for the new WTO Director General and global economic governance? This discussion was held online <strong>on October 14<sup>th<\/sup> at 2pm CEST<\/strong> with<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anabel Gonzalez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tatiana Prazeres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of International Business and Economics, Beijing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy our Online Discussion.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"<p>&nbsp; The WTO is entering the final stages of choosing a new Director General. On October 7th, the final contenders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","thumbnail":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/03\/14910160926_a1eee89187_o-scaled.jpg","thumbnailsquare":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/03\/14910160926_a1eee89187_o-scaled.jpg","authors":[{"id":6108,"name":"Christian Bluth","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/blogger\/christian-bluth\/"}],"categories":[{"id":596,"name":"Economic Security &amp; Trade","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/category\/economy-security-trade\/"}],"tags":[{"id":153,"name":"Events","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/events\/"},{"id":213,"name":"trade","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/trade\/"},{"id":155,"name":"Videos","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/videos\/"},{"id":190,"name":"world trade organization","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/world-trade-organization\/"},{"id":189,"name":"WTO","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/wto\/"},{"id":166,"name":"WTO-Reform","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/wto-reform\/"}]}