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Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by MrMaestro: 6:13pm On Oct 28, 2020
OfficialAPCNig:
Lies.

Adeshina case comes to mind. EU will not dance to US' tune.

AU has 57 out of the 164 members.

The Chinese bloc will support Nigeria, their largest market in Africa the same way they are supporting Nigeria's quest to clinch Interpol top job.

Its a done deal for NOI.
Isn't this amazing. When europeans cut up africa into little pieces so they can never be as big as needed to challenge them, they never thought that it would lead to Africans having the overwhelming majority of seats on the WTO. The will of GOD will ALWAYS find its way to VICTORY.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 6:13pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
Pls do
The meeting is concluded.

The US were asked why they aren't backing NOI, and they said the process was fraudulent.

They were then asked to pick that stage that seemed fraudulent but they went on.advertising the 25-yr trade experience of Yoo.

China, Japan & The EU had insisted that NOI remains their candidate.

Lightizer, Trump's aide who is seriously pushing for Yoo sees NOI as pro-Washington and closer to her colleagues (globalists such as Zoellick & co) whilst she was at the World Bank; something that doesn't go well with Trump.

Further meetings will be boardroom to see how one side can concede.

This resolution is expected to be concluded before Nov 9 when the GC (employers of the WTO-DG) will meet, otherwise it will linger on until next year.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 6:16pm On Oct 28, 2020
fergie001:
The meeting is concluded.

The US were asked why they aren't backing NOI, and they said the process was fraudulent.

They were then asked to pick that stage that seemed fraudulent but they went on.advertising the 25-yr trade experience of Yoo.

China, Japan & The EU had insisted that NOI remains their candidate.

Lightizer, Trump's aide who is seriously pushing for Yoo sees NOI as pro-Washington and closer to her colleagues (globalists such as Zoellick & co) whilst she was at the World Bank; something that doesn't go well with Trump.

Further meetings will be boardroom to see how one side can concede.

This resolution is expected to be concluded before Nov 9 when the GC (employers of the WTO-DG) will meet, otherwise it will linger on until next year.
I read that too.

This will be after the Us election, if biden wins, she will be affirmed if trump wins the process will lead to voting
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 6:19pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
I read that too.

This will be after the Us election, if biden wins, she will be affirmed if trump wins the process will lead to voting
Trump doesn't want voting.
He wants the total collapse of WTO.
My way or no way.

The WTO has never voted for this position in the past even when this kind of issues had arisen.

With NOI garnering 106 out of a possible 164 Countries....the voting will follow same pattern.

He wants to.drag it for as long as is uncomfortable for everyone.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by jumobi1(m): 6:20pm On Oct 28, 2020
In other words, she may win.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by MrMaestro: 6:22pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
I read that too.

This will be after the Us election, if biden wins, she will be affirmed if trump wins the process will lead to voting
If it leads to voting, she will still win. The us will have to overturn at least 30 votes to make it a tie. And of the 104 votes for her, 57 are from the AU. That means the US will have to convert 30 out of 47 possible non african votes if Africans stand firm. It's impossible considering the EU in it's entirety supported her. And over half of them are not supporters of this US govt and won't do whatever the US says. It's game over.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 6:26pm On Oct 28, 2020
fergie001:
Trump doesn't want voting.
He wants the total collapse of WTO.
My way or no way.

The WTO has never voted for this position in the past even when this kind of issues had arisen.

With NOI garnering 106 out of a possible 164 Countries....the voting will follow same pattern.

He wants to.drag it for as long as is uncomfortable for everyone.
I understand trump stance on China, I think what trump is trying to fight is unfair trade and product dumping that China does in the US and all over the world.

I noticed that one of the reason trump don't want NIO is because of her alliances to some political world view which trump is against , trump wants a protectionist trade system so that jobs can come back to the US
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 6:28pm On Oct 28, 2020
MrMaestro:
If it leads to voting, she will still win. The us will have to overturn at least 30 votes to make it a tie. And of the 104 votes for her, 57 are from the AU. That means the US will have to convert 30 out of 47 possible non african votes if Africans stand firm. It's impossible considering the EU in it's entirety supported her. And over half of them are not supporters of this US govt and won't do whatever the US says. It's game over.
From what I read in a cable, the US is trying to convince other countries to vote against NOI when voting starts
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by MrMaestro: 6:32pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
I understand trump stance on China, I think what trump is trying to fight is unfair trade and product dumping that China does in the US and all over the world.

I noticed that one of the reason trump don't want NIO is because of her alliances to some political world view which trump is against , trump wants a protectionist trade system so that jobs can come back to the US
Africans should be globalists, in a globalist system, the majority rules. Africas population is 1.35 billion people now. India is 1.35 billion as well, and China is 1.39 billion. But Africa is projected to pass 2 billion by 2040. The US wants to hold onto power and influence as it becomes a smaller and smaller percentage of the global human race. Same as how they did in South Africa owning over 80% of the wealth being less than 15% of the population. Africans cannot allow that to happen.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 6:34pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
I understand trump stance on China, I think what trump is trying to fight is unfair trade and product dumping that China does in the US and all over the world.

I noticed that one of the reason trump don't want NIO is because of her alliances to some political world view which trump is against , trump wants a protectionist trade system so that jobs can come back to the US
Yes...Trump sees NOI as pro-democrat.

But China's economic hijack has been heavily criticised even by the EU, but Trump is for bilateral trades and is a big supporter of protectionism.

That is what many is complaining about,eg..with the tiktok and Huawei issues.

Place heavy tariffs on imports.

He also had willingly blocked the US from sending judges to the World Trade Court, which is more or less like the Supreme Court in trade disputes, so much that many has retired and they can't form a consensus hence can sit.

Whilst we criticise China, we also cannot allow protectionism and bamboozling of multilateral trades.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by MrMaestro: 6:35pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
From what I read in a cable, the US is trying to convince other countries to vote against NOI when voting starts
it's impossible to convince 30 out 47 countries to change their vote, when he's branded China and the EU (28 countries) enemies of US trade. They want to stick it to the US for that. And they will. That's why it's never good to openly attack countries in the press. They always remember.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 6:40pm On Oct 28, 2020
MrMaestro:
Africans should be globalists, in a globalist system, the majority rules. Africas population is 1.35 billion people now. India is 1.35 billion as well, and China is 1.39 billion. But Africa is projected to pass 2 billion by 2040. The US wants to hold onto power and influence as it becomes a smaller and smaller percentage of the global human race. Same as how they did in South Africa owning over 80% of the wealth being less than 15% of the population. Africans cannot allow that to happen.
I personally don't believe in globalism, it has create more damage to us.

China is dumping goods to African market and killing manufacturing in many African countries.

They don't respect the environment neither do they respect labour laws.

I saw a stream in a village that got polluted by a Chinese company in Nigeria

This one of the impact of globalism, countries with manufacturing power will take advantage of countries in africa.

The globalists wants us in the African trade agreement so that they destroyed our economy and dump cheap goods in our market.

I support protection of our market.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 6:41pm On Oct 28, 2020
MrMaestro:
it's impossible to convince 30 out 47 countries to change their vote, when he's branded China and the EU (28 countries) enemies of US trade. They want to stick it to the US for that. And they will. That's why it's never good to openly attack countries in the press. They always remember.
I think it is possible.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 6:46pm On Oct 28, 2020
fergie001:
Yes...Trump sees NOI as pro-democrat.

But China's economic hijack has been heavily criticised even by the EU, but Trump is for bilateral trades and is a big supporter of protectionism.

That is what many is complaining about,eg..with the tiktok and Huawei issues.

Place heavy tariffs on imports.

He also had willingly blocked the US from sending judges to the World Trade Court, which is more or less like the Supreme Court in trade disputes, so much that many has retired and they can't form a consensus hence can sit.

Whilst we criticise China, we also cannot allow protectionism and bamboozling of multilateral trades.
I love protectionism, I see what china and the European union are doing in Africa.

In Senegal, the local tomatoes industry have been destroyed because of cheap import from Netherlands

In republic of Benin, local chicken industry have been destroyed because if cheap import from France

And the list goes on and on.

Protectionism can save many industries and save jobs
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 6:51pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
I love protectionism, I see what china and the European union are doing in Africa.

In Senegal, the local tomatoes industry have been destroyed because of cheap import from Netherlands

In republic of Benin, local chicken industry have been destroyed because if cheap import from France

And the list goes on and on.

Protectionism can save many industries and save jobs
It has its downturn as well.

Lack of competition.
Dearth of the industries.
Increase in prices, et al.

There has to be a middle-ground.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Noneroone(m): 7:22pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
I read that too.

This will be after the Us election, if biden wins, she will be affirmed if trump wins the process will lead to voting
who will vote in that case?
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Noneroone(m): 7:37pm On Oct 28, 2020
MrMaestro:
Africans should be globalists, in a globalist system, the majority rules. Africas population is 1.35 billion people now. India is 1.35 billion as well, and China is 1.39 billion. But Africa is projected to pass 2 billion by 2040. The US wants to hold onto power and influence as it becomes a smaller and smaller percentage of the global human race. Same as how they did in South Africa owning over 80% of the wealth being less than 15% of the population. Africans cannot allow that to happen.
I don't buy your argument about population. When a people fail, they boast with population like Nigeria. Trade is about economic might not population. US and China have the economic might and they call the shots.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by MrMaestro: 8:42pm On Oct 28, 2020
Noneroone:
I don't buy your argument about population. When a people fail, they boast with population like Nigeria. Trade is about economic might not population. US and China have the economic might and they call the shots.
Economic might derives largely from population. That is my point. China was able to capitalize on a market of 1+billion people. The US is able to capitalize from it's market of 300m+ people, as well as their companies going global (Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc.) But the US mainly got it's start from slavery, and putting millions of enslaved Africans to work for free for 200+ years. Any country that can have millions of people working for free for HUNDREDS of years will surely be among the top economic countries in the world, when every other country had to pay their workers. The reason Nigeria is the biggest economy isn't because of anything else but our population. The same should be happening to africa if we had better integration. But with the African free trade agreement hopefully things will change.

So again, I say population is the most important factor in being able to have big businesses that drive an economy. After all, businesses grow from selling products and services. If you have 10 customer but a competitor has 100 customers, the other person is likely to win.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 9:29pm On Oct 28, 2020
fergie001:
It has its downturn as well.

Lack of competition.
Dearth of the industries.
Increase in prices, et al.

There has to be a middle-ground.
for developing countries, it is a bad policy, it is the same stuff as cutting carbon emission and going green, for countries that want to develop, it is a very bad policy but for advance countries , it favours them
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 9:33pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
for developing countries, it is a bad policy, it is the same stuff as cutting carbon emission and going green, for countries that want to develop, it is a very bad policy but for advance countries , it favours them
The reason why NOI should be there.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 10:16pm On Oct 28, 2020
fergie001:
The reason why NOI should be there.
She wont do anything for developing countries
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 10:17pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
She wont do anything for developing countries
And you know that, how?

She will do her best....afterall, the man at UNCTAD is doing his best too.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody: 10:42pm On Oct 28, 2020
fergie001:
And you know that, how?

She will do her best....afterall, the man at UNCTAD is doing his best too.
The man is not working for kenya or Afria , he is working for the world like wise she is not going to work for developing countries but the world between you can see that the US is trying to stop her from becoming DG because they believe she wont have their interest.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by GreyLaw(m): 10:48pm On Oct 28, 2020
Nigerians and their dark hearts. See them trying to sound intelligent like they care. Nobodies telling the world why their countrywoman may not or shouldn't win.

Sorry.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by fergie001(mod): 11:41pm On Oct 28, 2020
thebosstrevor1:
The man is not working for kenya or Afria , he is working for the world like wise she is not going to work for developing countries but the world between you can see that the US is trying to stop her from becoming DG because they believe she wont have their interest.
US has an interest just like other countries.

They cannot plan to run roughshod over everyone unless they do their biddings. Those days are gone, they must consult, talk and talk.

NOO like the Kenyan, the WHO man, the IPU man will do their utmost best for Africa, and the world at large.

It doesn't happen overnight.

Azevedo didn't turn Brazil to China...but he did his utmost best.

Adesina as well is doing in the little way he can.
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by Nobody:
ahiboilandgas:
we in Nigeria are in full support of her as the most qualified,an African and a woman with expirence .....she is our gift to the world and humanity .......she will win
Look at this tribalistic bigot trying to do damage control after all the rubbish he has written about Igbos and southerners on Nairaland. Oga Ahmed Ibrahim, audio billionaire entrepreneur, why have you deleted the pictures of the MRS trucks you claimed were yours from your profile after you were exposed? The next time you post tribalistic posts/comments or misrepresent your employer’s trucks as yours on Nairaland, your ogas at MRS will surely hear about it. Nonesense!
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by GamalNasser: 1:19pm On Oct 29, 2020
SoBright101:
Watch out

Beware Nigerians. This is the time to know and understand the true identity of those who cause tribalism on here, they are paid agents, they are neither from east or west. They have more than twenty accounts, they would create tribal topics and make tribal comments with another accounts to cause chaos between southerners. Though, they have no conscience but you can try to educate them or better ignore them. They are easy to identify, use your head brothers.
Small brains can't think outside Tribalism and racism
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by ahiboilandgas: 1:21pm On Oct 29, 2020
Eyya some is pained .....qouted 200 times in 2 weeks no respond....chai chai
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by SoBright101: 4:57pm On Oct 29, 2020
Yes, that is why we all have to join hands in stopping it

GamalNasser:
Small brains can't think outside Tribalism and racism
Re: Okonjo-iweala May Not Win WTO Director General by verygoodbadboi: 8:22am On Apr 14, 2021
Op shame on you

election2023:
Raw truths about tribalism... Tribalism has eaten deep into Nigeria, with hypocrites everywhere pretending to love each other. Signs you are tribalistic..

(1) When you want all the good things to come to only your tribe.

(2) When you enjoy seeing evil happen to other tribes...

(3) When you think it is another tribe that is your problem, when you are your own Problem.

(4) When you cover criminals from your tribe and blow loud the crime of other criminals from other tribes.

(5) When you want to favour only your tribe, especially on matters that require equal settlement.

(6) When you want only your tribe to be the head of an office, business, etc, and could go diabolic if another tribe is heading.

(7) When you want to pull other tribes down in their career or etc, so that only your tribe will be shinning..

(cool When envy has wrecked your peace because another tribe is excelling.

(9) When you love to speak your language all the time to maneuver, but get offended when another person speaks his own language to his or her tribes men...

(10) When you are a tribal hypocrite.
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