Okonjo-Iweala, citing tensions, hopes Trump-Xi talks go ‘very well’

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday said she hopes President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will ease tensions between their countries when they meet later this week, warning that any “threat” of conflict is particularly harmful to poorer countries that get caught in between. Okonjo-Iweala was asked her expectations about the much-anticipated meeting, slated for Oct. 30 in South Korea, during an interview on CNBC . “I don’t know that much,” she said, “but I tell you...