WTO debate on open access to COVID-19 vaccines intensifies, new DG proposes ‘interim solution’
March 3, 2021: The majority of more than 30 delegations speaking in the World Trade Organisation General Council on March 1, 2021, were in favour of the proposed suspension of rules under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, for the COVId-19 pandemic period, according to a WTO official familiar with the proceedings.