EAM Jaishankar-USTR Katherine Tai to discuss IP waiver for vaccines
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His meeting with Tai is particularly important to discuss IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and medicines. India’s joint proposal at the WTO for a TRIPs or patent waiver on vaccines will come up in this meeting.
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Foreign minister S Jaishankar is in Washington for the most crucial leg of his trip for a series of meetings with key officials including Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary and NSA, besides pharma giants and industry groups.
His meeting with Tai is particularly important to discuss IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and medicines. India’s joint proposal at the WTO for a TRIPs or patent waiver on vaccines will come up in this meeting.
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Conveyed appreciation for U.S. solidarity in addressing the Covid challenge, the Minister says.
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with USTR ambassador Katherine Tai and other officials in Washington on May 27, 2021.
| Photo Credit: Twitter@DrSJaishankar
Conveyed appreciation for U.S. solidarity in addressing the Covid challenge, the Minister says.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has had a hectic day and a half in Washington DC, where he met government officials, including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) ambassador Katherine Tai, lawmakers, and the private sector.
Mr. Jaishankar, who is on his first visit to the U.S. during the Biden administration, met with Mr. Sullivan on Thursday. Both sides indicated that there was a discussion on regional (Indo-Pacific) or global issues, with Mr Jaishankar specifying, via a tweet, that Afghanistan came up.
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1 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (R) with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin (L) during their meeting. @DrSJaishankar/PTI
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 28
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met several top US Cabinet Ministers, lawmakers and officials to discuss developments pertaining to the Quad, Indo-US cooperation on Covid-19 vaccines and Afghanistan on Thursday.
Jaishankar also interacted with members of US-India Business Council and the US Global Task Force on Pandemic Relief.
On Friday, Jaishankar began the day with a meeting with his counterpart and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Jaishankar is in the US to sort out several issues relating to import of vaccine and related raw materials from the US as well as partnership to counter security related issues involving China which affect both countries.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during which they held wide-ranging discussions and agreed that people-to-people ties and shared values are the foundation of the US-India strategic partnership.