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17.06.2022 / 09:53

WTO strikes global trade deals deep into overtime

The World Trade Organization's 164 members approved a series of trade agreements early today that included commitments on fish and pledges on health and food security after more than five gruelling days of talks.

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WTO's major conference postponed due to new Covid variant

Next week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, has been postponed due to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.

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IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns of 'dangerous divergence' in COVID recovery

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WTO chief calls for diversification of vaccine production

BRUSSELS – The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday it is of paramount importance to diversify vaccine manufacturing and to have more production taking place in Africa and Latin America to contain the pandemic.

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WTO chief: Vaccine waiver helpful, not key for virus fight

GENEVA – The head of the World Trade Organization said Friday the U.S. administration’s call to remove patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines could help expand fair access to vaccines but might not be the most “critical issue,” as officials in Europe increasingly insisted that more vaccine exports are the more pressing priority.

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A WTO waiver on patents won’t help us against covid

The Washington Post (‘Preserving intellectual property barriers to covid-19 vaccines is morally wrong and foolish’, 26 April), making a case for such a waiver, claiming that failing to support it, which they argue would impede the global vaccination drive, was “morally wrong and foolish".Unfortunately, superficially appealing as it appears to be, the call for a waiver is, at best, a distraction and, at worst, a red herring in the current global public health debate. As noted by WTO secretary-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, there is a legitimate “third way" that would allow wider manufacture of life-saving vaccines while preserving IPP for the inventors of those vaccines.

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South Korea's trade minister drops bid to become WTO chief

SEOUL – South Korea’s top trade official is dropping her bid to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, making it likely the job will go to former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She would become the first woman to lead the organization.

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