WTO chief welcomes US backing for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver
World Trade Organization director-general also welcomes decision by India, South Africa to revise waiver proposal
2021-05-06 22:41:15
GENEVA
The World Trade Organization chief Thursday “warmly” welcomed the US' readiness to engage in a temporary intellectual property agreements waiver to help in combating COVID-19 and hailed the decision by India and South African to revise a WTO proposal on this.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued a statement the day after US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that President Joe Biden's administration supported the idea of a temporary lifting of intellectual property protection.