NEW YORK -- Top contenders in the World Trade Organization's leadership race walk a fine line between defending the current framework and promising a makeover as they seek support from a Beijing and Washington at odds over the issue.
Candidates seek to bring Washington back to multilateral table with reform promises

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, a former World Bank economist, and Kenya's Amina Mohamed, right, a World Trade Organization veteran, are seen as top contenders for director-general of the WTO. (Nikkei collage/Reuters/Getty Images)
NEW YORK -- Top contenders in the World Trade Organization's leadership race walk a fine line between defending the current framework and promising a makeover as they seek support from a Beijing and Washington at odds over the issue.