By Olivia Le Poidevin, Andrea Shalal and Emma Farge

GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House has quietly dropped the World Trade Organization from a list of $4.9 billion in foreign aid cuts announced last Friday after the move sparked concern among lawmakers, trade groups and the head of the global trade body.

Democratic lawmakers said the administration's unilateral cuts were illegal because the funding had been authorized by Congress, and trade groups argued cutting funding for the WTO would cede territory to China.

WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday that she had been working with the U.S. Trade Representative's office - headed by Jamieson Greer - and others in the Trump administration to resolve the issue.

Friday's announcement noted

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