No other candidate emerged to challenge Okonjo-Iweala for the position during a 30-day nomination period.Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

Okonjo-Iweala is unchallenged for second term as WTO chief – POLITICO

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World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has cleared a major hurdle in her bid to win a second term, but she still faces a potential obstacle from the United States after Donald Trump's reelection as president. 

No other candidate emerged to challenge Okonjo-Iweala for the position during a 30-day nomination period that closed at midnight on Friday in Geneva.

“At the end of the nomination period, the only candidacy received for this post is from Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the incumbent director-general,” WTO General Council chair Petter Ølberg said in a note to WTO members on Saturday.