The World Trade Organisation has postponed indefinitely the selection of a new Director-General, as the United States maintains its opposition to the favoured candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The WTO earlier announced that the meeting would hold next week.
But the AFP has reported that the meeting has been postponed indefinitely.
“It has come to my attention that for reasons including the health situation and current events, delegations will not be in a position to take a formal decision on 9 November,” the head of the selection committee told member states.
“I am therefore postponing this meeting until further notice during which period I will continue to undertake consultations with delegations,” he added.
The US said it is backing the South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, for the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation because she is a “trade expert”.
