Roberto Azevêdo na OMC

Roberto Azevedo, Brazil's permanent representative to the WTO speaks during an interview with Reuters in LondonRoberto Azevêdo eleito novo Diretor-Geral da Organização Mundial do Comércio, que congrega 159 membros. Trata-se de conquista importante para o Brasil (talvez não para o Governo brasileiro). Diplomata com larga experiência em matéria de comércio internacional e bom conhecedor da organização da qual será diretor-geral, sem dúvida o embaixador Azevêdo deixará sua marca. Parabéns e votos de êxito nessa nova empreitada!

Brazil’s Azevedo to be next WTO chief: source

Reuters – 1:07pm EDT

GENEVA (Reuters) – Roberto Azevedo, a Brazilian trade diplomat, will be the next head of the World Trade Organization, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday after the results of the race to succeed France’s Pascal Lamy in the job were revealed in a confidential meeting.

Azevedo beat Mexico’s former trade minister Herminio Blanco in the final duel of a three-round competition, becoming the first Latin American to head the global trade club since its creation in 1995.

(Reporting by Tom Miles, editing by Stephanie Nebehay)