Hello, this is Michelle. The world trade chief, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, urged economic powers not to repeat past mistakes and risk triggering a full-out trade war. This isn't the only concern the Nigerian economist has with the upcoming US elections.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over as new WTO director general, 1 March 2021. (WTO)
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🛃 WTO chief warns against global trade breakdown.
“We hope we don't have a repeat of what we saw in the 1930s,” said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in reaction to the United States, China and imposing tariffs as a form of retaliation, which economists say made things worse during the Great Depression.
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