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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Weronika Strzyżyńska

WTO fails to reach agreement on providing global access to Covid treatments

Soweto residents walk in front of an informative graffiti art work educating people about the dangers of the coronavirus.
A Covid mural in Soweto, South Africa. Campaigners said the failure to reach an agreement was a ‘slap in the face’. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

The World Trade Organization has failed to reach an agreement to waive intellectual property rights on Covid-19 tests and treatments for poorer countries.

Members of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) council said it could not reach consensus after years of discussion, despite the “considerable efforts” of members.

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