Former EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy seems set to get the top job at the WTO, following reports that the selection panel will put his name forward at an informal meeting later today (13 May).
The trade body's general council will meet to formalise the decision on 26 May, allowing Mr Lamy to take over from the current director-general, Thailand's Supachai Panitchpakdi, in September.
The 26 May meeting will need to establish the attendees' consensus to secure the appointment -...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.