GENEVA: China's permanent representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Yi Xiaozhun, was appointed as deputy director-general of the WTO.
Besides Yi, the WTO's director-general elect Roberto Azevedo also named Germany's Karl-Ernst Brauner, Nigeria's Yonov Frederick Agah and the United States' David Shark as deputy director-generals.
Azevedo said that the deputies had been selected because of their outstanding commitment to the multilateral trading system and their extensive experience on WTO issues over many years. (QNA)
