WTO chief to leave office later this year

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo said in an announcement published Thursday that he will step down at the end of August this year, before the end of his term.

Azevedo is the sixth Director-General of the WTO. He became Director-General on Sept. 1 of 2013, serving a four-year term and then reelected for a second term.