Seixas-Correa Out of WTO Race

The World Trade Organization eliminated Brazil’s Luiz Felipe de Seixas Correa from the running to be its next director-general, saying that European Union candidate Pascal Lamy leads the race for the position. The other candidates are Uruguay’s Carlos Perez del Castillo and Mauritian Foreign Minister Jaya Cuttaree. The decision on who will succeed Supachai Panitchpakdi for the four-year post must be made by consensus before June.