Taiwan's The China Post reports that China has endorsed Brazilian Luiz Felipe de Seixas Correa in the WTO Director-General race: "China supports Brazilian candidate to lead WTO? "
" China on Wednesday threw its support behind Brazil's candidate to lead the World Trade Organization....
"China supports Brazil's ambassador to the World Trade Organization Luiz Felipe Seixas Correa to run for the post of WTO's director-general," the government's Xinhua News Agency said, citing Commerce Ministry spokesman Chong Quan."
Here's a report from Xinhuanet, "China supports Brazilian candidate to run for the WTO chief"
"...It is the first time that China expresses its support to a candidate for WTO director-general.
According to Chong, China has informed the decision when Commerce Minister Bo Xilai's met with visiting Brazilian Vice Foreign Minister Clodovaldo Hugueney Monday in Beijing..."
and the Associated Press, via BusinessWeek, "China supports Brazilian candidate for WTO".
Revised March 23, 2005
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