The World Trade Organization is under attack, above all by the US, the country most responsible for its creation. Roberto Azevêdo, the Brazilian diplomat who has been director-general since 2013, is not to blame for this. Yet, by resigning a year before his term was due to end, he has given members the opportunity to select a heavyweight successor, able to call on political leaders for support. Doing so is both the right thing to do, and in their interests.
世界貿易組織(WTO)正飽受打擊，尤其是來自美國的打擊——當初成立世貿組織時，美國的功勞最大。現在這種局面不能怪自2013年起擔任世貿組織總幹事的巴西外交官羅伯托•阿茲維多(Roberto Azevêdo)。不過，他要在離任期結束還有一年之時卸任，這就讓成員國有機會遴選一位有影響力、能夠號召政治領袖支持世貿組織的接班人。選擇一位這樣的總幹事既是正確之舉，又符合各成員國利益。
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