Mexico Nominates North America Trade Envoy Seade as WTO Head (1)

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador nominated Jesus Seadeto lead the World Trade Organization, looking to capitalize on his work with the U.S. and Canada to renegotiate North America’s free trade deal.

The move makes Seade the first official candidate in what’s expected to be a competitive process. Seade is currently the undersecretary of foreign relations for North America and previously taught in universities in Hong Kong and China.

“He’s straightforward, he’s honest,” Lopez Obrador said in a video posted on Twitter announcing the nomination, flanked by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. “He’s a supporter of understanding between ...