What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization. David Tinline details the job responsibilities of the WTO Director General, Bernard Hoekman (European University Institute) interprets results from a recent survey of what stakeholders want from the next DG, and former candidate Anabel González (Peterson Institute) describes what the campaign trail is really like.

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• Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis, Douglas Nelson, and Robert Wolfe. 2020. Selecting the next WTO Director-General: What the trade community thinks. VoxEU.org, 8 July.
• Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis, Douglas Nelson, and Robert Wolfe. 2020. WTO negotiation and institutional reform priorities: Stakeholder perspectives. VoxEU.org, 9 July.
• David Tinline and Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres. 2020. 5 reasons why the role of WTO Director-General matters. The World Economic Forum COVID Action Platform, 5 June.