The World Trade Organization concluded a landmark bundle of deals Friday covering fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines following hectic round-the-clock talks.WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said trade ministers had struck an "unprecedented" number of agreements that would affect the lives of people everywhere.The talks in Geneva began Sunday and had been due to wrap up on Wednesday.But instead the WTO's 164 members went through two straight nights before getting the package over the line at around 5:00 am (0300 GMT) Friday.
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India, which had proposed to waive TRIPS obligations to address shortages of products required for the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19, has now meekly surrendered to the EU's demand.