Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set for re-election as director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after emerging as the sole candidate at the close of nomination for the position.

World Trade Organization Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi addressing the 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit meeting in Thailand, called for a strong political ...

"The lack of institutional, technical, infrastructural and managerial capacity in developing countries presents a dual problem," says Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on ...

Barring last minute hitches, Lamy will succeed the current incumbent, Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand, on 1 September 2005. As trade commissioner from 1999 to 2004, Lamy backed reductions in ...

WTO Director Supachai Panitchpakdi said that governments should not be hasty. They had not prepared for the ending of the sanctions agreement and should therefore hold off from protectionist ...

The tension could prolong, or scupper, negotiations over the current round of WTO trade talks. "I doubt they're going to be successful in breaking the deadlock," WTO chief Supachai Panitchpakdi told ...