EU gives itself power to block Covid vaccine exports – video

The European commission has announced that it will tighten the export rules of vaccines produced in the 27 EU countries. We paid these companies to increase production and now we expect them to deliver,' said the commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis.

The vaccine export transparency mechanism' would be used until the end of March and would control shipments to non-EU countries and ensure any exporting company based in the EU first submits its plans to national authorities

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