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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12712

5 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 28
EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
Revised proposal to waiver patents on Covid-19 vaccines expected at WTO in May
Brussels, 04/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

WTO members once again tried, at a meeting on 30 April, to reconcile their positions on the issue of patent waivers for Covid-19 vaccines.

The Chair of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Dagfinn Sørli (Norway), said there was “room for cautious optimism” after the latest exchanges on 30 April.

While WTO members are still divided into two camps on the intellectual property rights of vaccines, they have agreed...

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECURITY - DEFENCE
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
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