UK nominates Liam Fox to lead World Trade Organization

Government describes former international trade secretary as ideal candidate' for top job

Liam Fox, Britain's former international trade secretary, will be nominated by the UK to be the next head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the government's Department for International Trade has confirmed.

Fox was a cabinet minister in Theresa May's government between July 2016 and July 2019, and has been a Conservative MP since 1992.