The WTO Leadership Race Stumbles Near Finish Line

Among the parlor games played in a locked-down Geneva this month is some friendly wagering about whether South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee will withdraw from the race to lead the World Trade Organization.

Yoo is the second-most popular pick among WTO members behind Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be director-general. Yoo’s lone benefactor, the Trump administration, was voted out of office on Nov. 3 so Okonjo-Iweala’s path to the job seems clearer.