Macron voices concerns over Covid vaccines patent waiver
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Kate Connolly in Ber from on (#5HJMF)
French president says US and UK should start exporting doses around the world instead
Emmanuel Macron has echoed the German government's concerns over Joe Biden's proposed suspension of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines as he urged the US and the UK to instead start exporting doses around the world.
Arriving at an EU summit in Porto in Portugal, the French president expressed his reservations about the White House proposal to waive patents and criticised the lack of exports coming from Anglo-Saxon" countries.
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