CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of Head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), who has announced his resignation, a year before his term expires?
A
Harry White
B
Roberto Azevedo
C
Alan W. Wolff
D
Karl Brauner
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first Director-General, Eric Wyndham White, was appointed on March 23, 1965. GATT had a total of 4 Director-Generals until the WTO was formed in 1995. Peter Sutherland was the last Director-General of GATT, and the first of the WTO.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roberto Azevêdo, WTO Director-General, 2013 to 2020. Mr Roberto Azevêdo was Director-General of the WTO from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.

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