WTO overcomes last minute hitch to reach its first global trade dealCredit: Reuters/Edgar Su 1 of 10. Director-General Roberto Azevedo gestures as he is congratulated by delegates after the closing ceremony of the ninth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali December 7, 2013. The approval came after Cuba dropped a last-gasp threat to veto the package of measures.