Okonjo-Iweala given 2nd term as WTO chief as Trump’s return looms over trade body’s future WSOC TV [Video]

GENEVA — (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief said Friday she’s “eager” to work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Trump’s plans to impose new tariffs on goods from other countries including China, Mexico and Canada.

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made the comments to reporters after member countries handed her a second four-year term, in a vote with no opposition.

The Geneva-based trade body’s future is clouded by Trump’s looming return to power in January in the U.S., home to the world’s single biggest economy, because his pledges to slap unilateral tariffs on foreign goods entering the country could face challenges at the WTO.

“I think that I look very much forward to working with President Trump — with all the new people who will be appointed,” she said. “I’m eager for it.”

While Trump before his first term threatened to pull …