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Saudi, Briton join race for top WTO post ahead of deadline

| July 9, 2020 12:03 AM

GENEVA (AP) — Britain and Saudi Arabia put forward late entries Wednesday for the contest to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, joining six others hoping to lead the Geneva-based trade body that has faced scorn and pressure from the Trump administration.

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