Article source
The Washington Post
Article date
Tue, May 7, 2013
Brazil has been criticized for battling a slowdown in its growth with protectionist trade policies, restrictions on capital flows and programs that favor local industry.
Can one of its diplomats now become the world’s free-trade champion?
World Trade Organization members announced in Geneva on Wednesday that they had chosen Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo to be the next director general, turning to a longtime trade diplomat from a prominent developing country to run an organization fighting to restore its clout.