At the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday 15 December, members failed to approve even a report stating their disagreement. They were to decide by 17 December whether to extend the agreement reached in June on intellectual property for Covid-19 vaccines to cover treatments and diagnostic tools (see EUROPE B12974A2, B13079A34).
After negotiations had stalled for several months, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Lansana Gberie, who is chairing the talks, offered to submit a factual report...