innovation last year china filed nearly $69000.00 peyton's with the world intellectual intellectual property organization that's a rise of 16 percent the united states had just about 59000 applications that's up 3 percent while in germany the number of applications actually fell 3.7 percent to just over 18000 $600.00 as the chinese economy expands industries like germany's auto sector are becoming increasingly dependent on china 41 percent of folks arms sales volume all the sales volume there comes from china china makes up about a 3rd of b.m.w.'s overall sales and dimed us else 29 percent of its vehicles in china the u.s. however remains germany's biggest trading partner last year germany sold 104000000000 euros worth of goods and services that is a 12 and a half percent decline on 29000 largely because of the pandemic but china is not far behind here germany exported goods with nearly 96000000000 euros to china last year while this unchanged from before the pandemic now that was a lot of facts and figures and we need certainly somebody to put all of that for us into perspective and i'm doing a big roun

innovation last year china filed nearly $69000.00 peyton's with the world intellectual intellectual property organization that's a rise of 16 percent the united states had just about 59000 applications that's up 3 percent while in germany the number of applications actually fell 3.7 percent to just over 18 $1600.00 as the chinese economy expands industries like germany's auto sector are becoming increasingly dependent on china 41 percent of folks arms sales volume all the sales volume there comes from china china makes up about a 3rd of b.m.w.'s overall sales and dimed us else 29 percent of its vehicles in china the u.s. however remains germany's biggest trading partner last year germany sold 104000000000 euros worth of goods and services is a 12 and a half percent decline on 29000 largely because of the pandemic but china is not far behind here germany exported goods with nearly 96000000000 euros to china last year wallace unchanged from before the pandemic now that was a lot of facts and figures and we need certainly somebody to put all of that for us into perspective and i'm doing a big round here obv

intellectual property issue. >> the ceo of google will join us on the show tomorrow to talk about that point. to your point on intellectual property sharing. six months ago india asked the world trade organizationroperty when it comes to covid-19 vaccines. all of the company that's you mentioned here in the united states producing them have opposed that waiver. it is to support waiving protection on this. the nobel laureate writes any delay in ensuring the greatest availability of vaccine and therapeutics is morally wrong and foolish. the he is right and is president biden wrong not to push to end that ip protection? >> this is a humanitarian issue. let's just look at the facts. the united states government gave a $2 billion guarantee too pfizer to purchase vaccines. if it weren't for that pfizer, they would have never been able to do what they did. our nih gave the ip that allowed moderna to develop the vaccine. what we're now saying is they should share the vaccine recipe with over 100 countries who want to do the manufacturing. they're willing to do the manufacturing themselves. fiz pfizer would still get paid and moderna would get paid. it is wrong, morally wrong not to share the vaccine re

india in south africa have been arguing for many many months now the world trade organization is to suspend intellectual property rules that give big corporations the property rights over those vaccines and control who can produce and who can produce it that's a way that i know allow us to share the know how to collaborate to improve the vaccines improve treatments and produce the many many more dices that we need and if we'd taken that advice for a 5 months ago we might not be seeing the horrendous sights that we're seeing now the heartbreaking sights in countries like india because we would already have been . able to produce a substantial amount more than we're currently producing when do you think that's the problem that we're looking at right now there are people who let's look at india for example who say that the government was simply sleeping at the wheel the government could have done more to procure vaccines but it just didn't. well look i'm i'm not going to defend everything the indian government's done because they are definitely responsible for a lot of the suffering that's going on in that country

and south africa have been arguing for many many months now the world trade organization is to suspend intellectual property rules that give those big corporations the property rights over those vaccines and control who can produce it and who can produce it that's a way that i know allow us to share the know how to collaborate to improve the vaccines improve treatments and produce the many many more choices that we need and if we taken that advice for a 5 months ago we might not be seeing the horrendous sights that we're seeing now the heartbreaking sights in countries like india because we would already have been a subset able to produce a substantial amount more than we're currently producing. there the day is almost on the conversation continues online we will see you tomorrow. enter the conflict zone with sara kelly last year germany was seen as a role model in fighting the coronavirus pandemic now is there a way this hitting the country hard and merkel's party is slipping ahead of september elections as germany prepares to move on from merkel flame of what's safe to she leave her party and her country

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and south africa have been arguing for many many months now the world trade organization is to suspend intellectual property rules that give those big corporations the property rights over those vaccines and control who can produce and who can produce it that's a way that i'm not allow us to share the know how to collaborate to improve the vaccines improve treatments i'm produce the many many more dices that we need and if we taken that advice for a 5 months ago we might not be seeing the horrendous sights that we're seeing now the heartbreaking sights in countries like india because we would already have been . able to produce a substantial amount more and then we're currently producing. there the day is almost on the conversation continues online we will see you tomorrow. if you are. are you ready for some great news i'm christine window on the eye on the edge of my country with a brand new deed of emus africa the show that tackles the issues shaping the conscience of the car with more time to off on in-depth look after all of the transfer of the talk to you what's making the hittites and what's behind th

. >> now the world trade organization has been put on the spot once again. the developing world wants intellectual property rights on covid vaccine suspended for the duration of the pandemic. >> the push comes as wealthy countries snap up the lion's share of vaccines. how bad is it? nine out of ten people in developing nations won't be vaccinated this year, many not until 2023. >> this is a catastrophic moral failure and really an accusation against the system and those that back it. >> mustaqeem da gamma sleeding the global crew saivmentd he says claims by wealthy countries that patients of science and innovation is false, and the virus means everything needs access to vaccine at the same time. gayle johnson snows the deadly cost of delays, her hiv positive son cosei was just 11 years old when he made a moving plea for affordable drugs at a global aids conference in 2 thousand. >> you can walk. >> he received medication not long after this. but by then, the deadly virus had already raffaged his shrunken frame. >> and some days he would say mummee, i don't want to die. he was wasting away. and you always h

holds a lot of say and sway over convincing the world trade organization to remove this patent protection on intellectual property preventing a lot of countries from creating their own diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines that could help them domestically respond as opposed to relying on vaccinations and other things for this pandemic. >> from the biggest and broadest to i guess maybe the most specific and small in the united states, this latest change in updating mask guidelines that came out from the cdc. if you're vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask outside, don't need a mask with small groups inside. can you explain why the cdc is still recommending vaccinated people need to wear masks at all in any set? >> that's a really good question. i know by this point we have from many studies and real life experience shown that the vaccine helps prevent us from getting sick, from severe illness. we know that transmission of the vaccine is very significantly slowed if you're vaccinated. i still think they're waiting for that critical last piece to make sure, once you're with many people, the risk is so low. rig

there's also the question on the intellectual property, the recipe for these vaccines. india asked the world trade o organizationand supporting a waiver like that. a lot of experts, including the congressman that represents your district, ro khanna believed that would help india. do you believe that ip waiver should be granted? >> two things. i was more involved in the conversations around providing raw materials, supply access so india can begin manufacturing its vaccines. i'm not familiar enough around the issues around ip productions, to weigh in on them. i was encouraged by the astrazeneca doses to india. this pandemic will involve us tackling it globally. the u.s., we're very fortunate. we need to work hard to make sure we can get access to vaccine supply around the world as soon as possible. >> when i look at the numbers in chin nye, india, where you were born, they're expecting over a million cases there. yesterday alone 4,600 positive cases. you've talked about companies having, in your words, a sense of responsibility to society in this moment. what is your call to corporate america, companies as big as

growing for wealthy members of the wto to waive intellectual property rights related to covid-19 vaccines. earlier this week, democratic lawmakers and organizationsing on this issue held a news conference to deliver a petition, over to my people, urging president biden and the debbie geo to grant the waiver. this is senator bernie sanders. close to me it seems this is not really a debatable issue. we have the tools to save human lives, and those tools should be readily available to all people. for people and africa, asia, latin america, and throughout the world have as much right to be protected from the virus, have as much right to live as people in wealthier nations. to me, this is not a huge debate. this is common human morality. amy: the wto meets again next week to reconsider the waiver. for more, we're joined by jayati ghosh, an economics professor at the university of massachusetts-amherst. she was previously an economics professor at jawaharlal nehru university in new delhi, india, where she taught for 35 years. thank you for joining us, professor. let's talk about the causes of this catastrophe in india right now and what vaccine equity

there is a proposal at the world trade organization led by south africa in india that would call for a temporary suspension of vaccine related intellectual property rights which would rest vaccine control from the profit driven pharmaceutical companies that own them and allow mass production for all nations not just the wealthy few but as common dreams reports while argentina and indonesia join south africa and india in supporting this waiver the remaining g 20 member nations including the united states united kingdom and canada have been either noncommittal committal or actively opposed to this idea why are we not surprised and while we argue over passports and fight to get the vaccines out to the world coated my friends is surging once again from michigan all the way to india and even to france. which means that is why we are watching the homes. what's going on in a city. there so let's see the prices you always see a. great city displays systemic dissent says so which . so you'll. welcome everybody watching the hawks i am tired and i'm of the chicago and joining us today to discuss the latest surge of covert 19 the debate over back scene passp

and g7 leaders must support a proposal of the world trade organization by south africa, india and others to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for vaccine treatments to encourage manufacturing in their own market. since yesterday, more than 170 former heads of state and government and noble laureates signed a proposal and we need a vaccine, and president biden has an opportunity to lead right now to make this vision reality. >> well, thank you, abby. we'll come back during the q & a session to hear more from you. and now to our friend, winnie, the executive director of un aid and undersecretary-general. she leads in the aids epidemic. prior to her position, she served at oxfam international and over a decade in uganda's parliament heading their first parliamentary women's caucus, i might add. and gender development and held countless other positions. i've known winnie for many years and can attest firsthand to her passionate commitment to social justice and certainly to gender equality. so, winnie, and thank you so much for with us today. in your current position at u.n. aid, you're more than aware of the inclusive an

intellectual property. we're talking about negotiating over one organizations statutory property and finding a solution, but the less, i would like to talk primarily to the two witnesses here in person. i'm going to try to make this rapid. mr. travis, i'm sorry. >> i have been confused for worse, trust me. >> thank you. >> have you ever read atlas rug or fountain head? >> a long time ago, yes. >> parts of it a long time ago, yes. >> i was listening to the witnesses, and i heard quite frankly exactly that. rather than the courts deciding an antitrust problem and solution i heard government saying and in the case of i think media and the news guild, they said we need to take an industry that is losing and give them money from an try that is winning. did anyone hear anything differently here? i would say while there might be an almost of that, it may change. there is changing in competition that can and rightly should be addressed through anti-trust law, and we're not talking about just any industry. >> and i appreciate that, but you know one of my challenges is, in fact, that all of the way back with iran we

i work for an organization that develops drugs for extremely neglected diseases that fall completely outside of the marketplace. we know that intellectual propertyinds of diseases. the problem here is that the unprecedented pace of scientific progress in this pandemic, we're today in a situation where a tiny fraction of people in low and middle income countries have access. some people are suggesting we may not even approach herd immunity in these parts of the world until 2024. 0.3% of the 900 million doses that have been given globally have been given in africa. and this is really despite being in the midst of a clearly unparalleled global pandemic that's claimed more than 3 million lives. we're taking a business as usual approach to the question of equitable access, whether and how to share the benefits of scientific progress. we cannot afford to continue on this path. >> rachel cohen, thank you so much for that. we'll stay on this issue. if you care about this, it might be worth to go your member of congress. call the white house switchboard and let them know. that's "all in" for this week. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good even

organization waiving patent protections. the wto would have to intervene to say, look, this is a special case. there's lots of countries in the world that could produce vaccine if they had the intellectual propertyhouldn't we be letting countries around the world benefit from this incredible innovation? >> well, chris, i do think that we have to be thoughtful about how we ensure countries around the world have adequate supply and access to the vaccine. we have to do it in a way that respects laws as well, and that's part of the discussion, the debate that's under way. one of the lessons we learned from covid -- and frankly it's a lesson we learned from ebola as well -- is that we cannot be safe here at home unless we are secure as a global community, and that means investing in the health and well being and infrastructure in other countries. that means not just access to vaccines but it means good surveillance systems in other countries, good health-care systems and infrastructure so that we can tackle illness once it surfaces. these are all critical parts of the global plan to address future pandemics and that's where we've got to focus our efforts as well. >> vivek murthy, thanks so much for y

intellectual property and critical supply chains to the united states. we also included legislation to reform and strengthen the world trade organization to level the playing field for american trade. to preserve and grow the national -- to preserve and grow the national economic security we need to act. l.a. l.a. i ask everyone --hoodhood i ask everyone to read the -- mr. lahood: i ask everyone to read the report, work with us to get this done in a bipartisan way. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. feenstra: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to celebrate the birthday of ralph johnson from cherokee, iowa. who turned 100 years on monday. ralph is a member of the greatest generation, serving in the navy during world war ii. he truly embodies bravery, courage and selfless sacrifice as an american patriot. working as the head mechanic in the pacific theater. if you talk to ralph, he'll tell you his harro