Brazilian Azevedo, president of the World Trade Organization

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Brazilian Azevedo, president of the World Trade Organization Brazilian, Roberto Azevedo

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 06:44 GMT Abu Dhabi 

Abu Dhabi - Sky News Arabia

Acquired a Brazilian diplomat, Roberto Azevedo, who was named Tuesday to head the World Trade Organization (WTO), a great experience at this institution that aspires to make it beyond the obstacles in the Doha Round.

The famous Roberto Azevedo (55 years old), which represents Brazil in this organization since 2008, as a senior negotiator and "agree maker", what he sees diplomats.

During his with Mexican Hermenao the rival Blanco to succeed Frenchman Pascal Lamy, was confident that the most able to give a new impetus to the organization in charge of ensuring that global trade laws and their application.

Born on the third of October 1957 in Salvador de Bahia (northeast) and graduated as an engineer from the University of Brasilia before entering the diplomatic corps.

And was able to resolve many of the trade disputes in favor of Brazil in the World Trade Organization (WTO), especially in the case of cotton subsidies against the United States and support the export of sugar against the European Union.

He also participated in almost every ministerial meetings since the beginning of the Doha negotiations for the liberalization of world trade.

One of the biggest challenges facing the new director of the organization, resolving the stalled negotiations on this issue for years. 

In a recent interview conducted with "Agence France Presse" in Geneva, said Roberto Azevedo, said that "the multilateral trading system suffered weak due to paralysis of the negotiations."

He explained that "the task is to bring the system in line with today's world, and the only way to achieve this is to encourage trade and trade liberalization بكونهما essential components of development policies."

The Brazilian, who defends criticized for taking protectionist measures considered for emerging countries in the face of the United States and the European Union through his association with India, the Group of Twenty, which includes emerging and developing countries.

Participated Azevedo, who entered the diplomatic corps in 1984, in the establishment of the coordination of the conflicts in the Brazilian Foreign Ministry in 2001, and led this body for four years, and in 2005 became head of the Economic Department at the ministry, and 2006 to 2008 he served as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs.

And offers nine candidates to succeed Frenchman Pascal Lamy by the former European Commissioner for Trade, who held this position two terms of four years. And left four candidates in the first round.

In the second round of five candidates, of whom compete Azevedo, in addition to Mexico Blanco Hermenao and Indonesian, South Korean and New Zealand.

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hmmmm Brazilian pope....Brazilian Masters Champ.....Brazilian WTO head....what are they putting in the water down there.....