says it's willing to discuss a w t o proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for covert $900.00 vaccines a day after the us said it supported the measure the proposal is meant to speed up the slow rate of global vaccinations that's welcome news for countries like south africa and india who have been pushing for the move but it's and during the pharmaceutical industry while much of the rich world continues to ramp up vaccination rates developing countries remain at the mercy of the virus in india thousands are dying each day from covert 19th the country desperately needs vaccines for its huge 1400000000 population if last october it brought a proposal to the w t o along with south africa for patient rights to be temporarily suspended for pandemic related medical products such as vaccines president biden's backing gives the proposal a chance of becoming reality in theory it could lead to copy controversial of approved vaccines being in bands that supply boosting vaccination rates all over the world. he's a step nearer right direction and we believe that when the his

says it's willing to discuss a w t o proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for covert 900 vaccines a day after the us said it supported the measure the proposal is meant to speed up the slow rate of global vaccinations that's welcome news for countries like south africa and india who have been pushing for the move but it's as the pharmaceutical industry. while much of the rich world continues to ramp up vaccination rates developing countries remain at the mercy of the virus in india thousands are dying each day from covert 19th the country desperately needs vaccines for its huge 1400000000 population. last october it brought a proposal to the w t o along with south africa for patients rights to be temporarily suspended for pandemic related medical products such as vaccines president biden's backing gives the proposal a chance of becoming reality in theory it could lead to copy conversations of approved vaccines being in bands that supply boosting vaccination rates all over the world. he's a step in the right direction and we believe that when they used to have t

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says it will back a proposal in front of the w t o to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vaccines the body ministrations decision to back the move may help boost vaccination rates in developing countries but it is likely to anger the pharmaceutical industry. while much of the rich world continues to ramp up vaccination rates developing countries remain at the mercy of the virus in india thousands are dying each day from covert 19 the country desperately needs vaccines for its huge 1400000000 population. last october it brought a proposal to the w t o along with south africa for patients' rights to be temporarily suspended for pandemic related medical products such as vaccines president biden's backing gives the proposal a chance of becoming reality in theory it could lead to copy conversations of approved vaccines being unbanned food supply boosting vaccination rates all over the world the move has prompted anger from the pharmaceutical industry although experts have pointed out that national governments have funded the search for vaccines to. on the other

this waving of intellectual property rights actually means defective also as you mentioned before the w t o representative of the united states catherine tai has to be at the w t o and has said the world trade organization has to negotiate so this is going to be a process and you know this process this is the key this is not going all of it in another day or 2 and hope you have more vaccine around the world available for example for india or in latin america or wherever that scene is needed urgently this is going to take time jen psaki the secretary the press secretary of the white house say it's something to that regard making sure everybody understands that this is a start the 1st right step in the right direction matey. we're really talking about the u.s. position as it relates to the. process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward so what we are the consideration now is the u.s. position our objective overall as we look at this decision is how can we provide as much supply in the most cost effective way to the global co

says it's willing to discuss a w t o proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for a cove of 19 vaccines a day after the us said it supported the measure within the block however the picture is hardly unified germany for one says it rejects the move the proposal is meant to speed up the slow rate of global vaccinations by allowing especially developing countries to produce copies of the vaccine while much of the rich world continues to ramp up vaccination rates developing countries remain at the mercy of the virus in india thousands are dying each day from covert 19 the country desperately needs vaccines for its huge 1400000000 population. last october it brought a proposal to the w t o along with south africa for patients rights to be temporarily suspended for pandemic related medical products such as vaccines this is a big so. it goes to show. influence we. as a country working together with others. the. voice and message is her weight president biden's backing gives the proposal a chance of becoming reality in theory it could lead to copycat versions of approved

in turn turned around and said that they would support stria at least speak out on the w t a challenge that w t o challenge. but stronger is making against so called bali dumping in china. there is room for negotiation here. the migration issue is essentially a domestic issue that's a real family issue between a strider sealant. and so the reason room for strive to provide for more transit between destroyer and. ready new zealand is the workers and provide more assistance for new zealanders in the social security system. in australia. there's also the issue of the day port taishan of convicted criminals through the prison sentences through our new zealand citizen. and we're sending them back to new zealand. these are all areas where there's room to give on the domestic front in return for some move on the international front. well those will be some interesting talks and we'll be watching them here on out of their dentist, shanahan. and then the national editor of the a straight in. great to get your insights here on out there. thanks for being with us. thomas. thank you. now us president joe bid

says it's willing to discuss a w t o proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for covert 19 vaccines a day after the us said it supported the measure within the ball cow over the picture is hardly unified germany for one says it rejects the move the proposal is meant to speed up the slow rate of global vaccinations by allowing especially developing countries to produce copies of the vaccine while much of the rich world continues to ramp up vaccination rates developing countries remain at the mercy of the virus in india thousands are dying each day from covert 19 the country desperately needs vaccines for its huge 1400000000 population. last october it brought a proposal to the w t o along with south africa for patients rights to be temporarily suspended for pandemic related medical products such as vaccines this is a big so. it goes to show. the influence we have. as a country working together with others. the. voice and message is her weight president biden's backing gives the proposal a chance of becoming reality in theory it could lead to copycat versions of app

well this will ultimately decided be decided in the w t o as we've heard and in fact they've already been negotiating and arguing over vaccine wave proposals since last fall and agreement amongst the b w t o members is actually a must because this body operates on the basis of consensus so don't expect quick results and this is not going to be a quick fix to the pressing problem of an ongoing pandemic that is taking a toll on the billions of people worldwide who remain unvaccinated this is a really hot topic and we know that e.u. leaders are meeting in porto today where they will also discuss the idea of patent waivers what can we expect there. where the e.u. commission president is a friend of mine so far isn't being pretty noncommittal saying that the e.u. is ready to quote unquote discuss any proposals that address the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner and as you've heard there are a number of arguments for the fact that a vaccine patent waiver would not be effective other european leaders have also been sending mixed messages for example french president macross says he'

president backed that proposal on wednesday preliminary discussions have now begun at the w t o but it could take until november to reach a deal now india and south africa 1st proposed that idea last october with support from more than $100.00 countries but angering pharmaceutical companies the w t o decision requires a unanimous vote from all 164 members 10 meetings in the past 7 months have failed to reach a consensus international trade law doesn't allow countries to easily reproduce vaccines and nations like the u.k. with large pharmaceutical sector is have opposed the move arguing it will jeopardize investment and innovation by allowing wider access to patents countries could manufacture vaccines and speed up in occupations but it may take time to set up manufacturing facilities while the united nations has welcomed the u.s. as decision. this would be a very important decision if every of adopted by the w t o but we also need to work simultaneously on the scaling up of manufacturing access to all the ensuring that everyone has access to all that the basic elements that are needed

the other thread though that's exactly what she was referring to 1st of all the w t o member countries have to come to an agreement and we know that around $200.00 countries worldwide all supportive of this idea to lift the intellectual property rights but the w t o has around 160 member countries also earlier today u.s. trade representative catherine tai you made clear in a tweet that this is a consensus based process so all member states have to come to an agreement and yes we will have to be patient here it seems ok you don't get correspondent all of a sudden in washington d.c. think you would like to apologize for the pool audio quality that. and jenelle demond from our business desk will be here after this news bulletin with more on how markets have been reacting to this news so stay with us for that. staying in the u.s. facebook's oversight board has upheld the social media giants decision to suspend donald trump's account but it said it was wrong to ban the former president indefinitely facebook has previously argued that mr trump was banned for violating rules against praising

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the idea which was pitched by india and south africa to the w t o. in august gained momentum this month after the united states backed it, but most european countries are against it. they are convinced the issue is one of production facilities. and we need to continue to ramp up production as a commission call some countries which are already capable of producing that seems and watson. i did a large part of a population follows you example, and immediately start to shares, production place, other countries in, since you have been under pressure to present an alternative to waving ip writes on vaccines. and now it says it has a comprehensive plan which it will present to the world trade organization at the beginning of june. let's take a look now. some of the other business stories making headlines. air buses reportedly planning to close one of its 2 plants and the port of cottage in southern spain, which primarily produces the, a 380 jumbo super jump. other air bus has ended a 380 production before the pandemic, as demand for large airliners was alre

this waving of intellectual property rights actually means the fact also as you mentioned before the w t o a representative of the united states catherine tie has to be at the w t o and has to have the world trade organization and has to negotiate so this is going to be a process and you know this process this is the key this is not going all of it in another day or 2 and hope you have more vaccine around the world available for example for india or in latin america or wherever vaccine is needed urgently need this is going to take time jen psaki the secretary the press secretary of the white house say it's something to that regard making sure everybody understands that this is a start the 1st right step in the right direction maybe we're really talking about the u.s. position as it relates to the. process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward so what we are the consideration now is the u.s. position our objective overall as we look at this decision is how can we provide as much supply in the most cost effective way to the

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or preliminary discussions have begun at the w t o but it could take until november to reach a deal india and south africa 1st proposed the idea last october with support from more than 100 but angering pharmaceutical companies the w t o decision requires a unanimous vote from all 164 members 10 meetings in the past 7 months have failed to reach a consensus international trade law doesn't allow countries to ease of the reproduce vaccines nations like the u.k. with large pharmaceutical sectors have opposed the move arguing it will jeopardize investment and innovation by allowing wider access to patents countries could manufacture vaccines and speed up in occupations but it may take time to set up manufacturing facilities helen reese is a member of south africa's ministerial advisory committee for a covert and covert vaccines she says it's important that vaccine production is spread around the world so supplies aren't dependent on a very few very manufacturers. it is a pity that we didn't think about doing this earlier but it's never too late because i think most of us think that we're goin

companies profits come from lower income countries months of negotiations could lie ahead for the w t o to agree upon a specific waiver plan but the u.s. decision has already seen shares in vaccine makers such as be on tech and madonna fall sharply. dr lemole is director of the european federation of pharmaceutical industries and associations she joins me from brussels now really good to have you on the show supporters of this proposal say that production is the pinch point in global vaccination efforts and that this could help ensure quicker vaccinations around the world is that not reasonable. well in fact what you said was correct production is the pinch point manufacturing is the pinch point and it's not really an ip so manufacturing as you saw with a very complex vaccines is really linked to the technology transfer from the inventors of the vaccine to the technology transfer to the actual producers and we've been looking scanning the globe to find new manufacturing capacity and we've got more than 276 agreements to do that but it's not as simple as seeing a patent and reproducing i

our correspondent joy terrain joins us now tory how much confidence is there within africa that w t o number of countries will agree to waive patents well health experts in africa with the news of today are just taking the wait and see approach given the fact that there are still a number of countries that fall between the countries that are opposed to weaving all patents when it comes to vaccine manufacturing and so while we have about 60 countries that are in for the wave of the r. and number of the countries that are not and saw in negotiations between the w t o and the manufacturers of these vaccines as well as the world health organization are more of a conversation that many health experts are looking to see how that's going to go for them to even have a say on whether or not this is going to be unlikely situation a wait and see approach that is understandable but job makers like madonna say colvin vaccine production is too complex to just hand out to other matter of fact hers how much potential is there to produce the vaccine and africa. for a long time africa has only moneys t

zealand will now have problems with china given it's changed, it's dancing, backing australia at the w t. o. yes, i think that's a concern. the short answer is probably not in terms of them facing any sort of punishment for backing australia. this relates to 80 percent tariffs that china has placed on the import of australian barley effectively crippling all exports is trailing bali to china. the implication here is that china did it in retaliation to australia, criticizing or raising issues like the origins of the current of iris pandemic. and how transparent or not china has been about that. so it's taken this dispute to the world trade organization. and just before this meeting between the 2 prime ministers, new zealand announced that it would act as a 3rd party in that w t. o dispute effectively backing australia in that dispute. but new zealand says, look, this is nothing unusual. it's done that many times before as a leading player if you'd like in trying to get a rules base free trade system going around the world. so this is nothing unusual. new zealand is confident that it will not

which is home to large pharmaceutical companies has opposed the waiver at the w t o but there's renewed pressure to allow the move after it got the backing of president biden it would help millions of people in poor nations get inoculated by allowing more manufacturers to produce the jobs might have the reports now from washington d.c. . president biden had back to back seen waiver jaring the 2020 presidential campaign and in recent weeks his team has held a series of discussions with representatives from the pharmaceutical sector. it was the u.s. trade representative catherine time who formally made the announcement these extraordinary times and circumstances of call for emergency measures she tweeted the u.s. supports the waiver of protection on covert 1000 back scenes to help in the pandemic and will actively participate in w t o negotiations to make that happen in the past the u.s. and other countries had opposed anyway but off intellectual property rights the white house press secretary explaining the change in position clearly is these decisions are weighed we take intellectual pr

new zealand now face with china given that it is now has support behind a trailer with regards to w t. o. i think that will be something very interesting to watch and the potential danger for new zealand, all although the government doesn't really think so what it's done is in today will trade organization disputes that australia has taken with china because of aging, imposed 80 percent tariffs on imports of australian barley, so it's gone to the w t. o to try to get that resolved. and new zealand has now entered that dispute as a 3rd party. so effectively backing australia's complaint, you'll see that it's no problem. it does this all the time. in fact, do you feel a prides itself on being a leader when it comes to trying to promote and enforce rules based fair trade around the world. so when it sees that a country a party is flouting those rules, then feels an obligation to an extent to enter the fray. and that's exactly what it's doing this time again, something that has done many times before this time, it just happens to involve china. so the government feels there's no danger there

this waiving of intellectual property rights actually means defacto also as you mentioned before the w t o a representative of the united states can tie has to be at the w t o and has to have the world trade organization and has to negotiate so this is going to be a process and you know this process this is the key this is not going all of it in another day or 2 and help you have more vaccine around the world available for example for india or in latin america or wherever vaccine is needed urgently this is going to take time jen psaki the secretary of the press secretary of the white house say it's something to that regard making sure everybody understands that this is a start the 1st right step in the right direction maybe we're really talking about the u.s. position as it relates to the. process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward so what we are the consideration now is the u.s. position our objective overall as we look at this decision is how can we provide as much supply in the most cost effective way to the global

position as it relates to the w t o pop process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward so what we are the consideration now is the u.s. position our objective overall as we look at this decision is how can we provide as much supply in the most cost effective way to the global community talk with us a little more about that timeline well yeah i mean because there's still a long way to go even though the world health organization is calling this a monumental moment. yeah it is a very long way to go you have to have you know animals consent is just heard basically every country is part of the world health organization and the u.s. is not the only country to up until this point oppose the temporary lifting of the patent rules nonetheless the urgency is there we've seen what's happening in india how desperate the situation is there and india is one of the largest suppliers of vaccines to the world they stop exporting vaccines in order to supply their own country kovacs the international consortium of vaccine supply to lower

trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time. matters in brussels welcome again even if you commission president are sort of on the alliance says the commission is willing to consider its idea of waving this is not an e.u. decision is it. exactly it's not an e.u. decision but look she will she will need consent from member states but look what i would say is here we're facing a different situation and in fact another problem when it comes to sharing vaccines europe has been the continent that was most willing to share of x.-men this hasn't been an export ban millions of doses went out while the own population was waiting for vaccines and still is waiting for a vaccine so that's not really the problem to have member states on one page here the problem is more a practical one let's say for instance germany would publish the recipe for a j. great german lager which by the way is compared to the complex production of a biotech pfizer vaccine a piece of cake that would require special staff coming for instance to countries like india

the idea which was pitched by india and south africa to the w t o. in august gained momentum this month after the united states backed it, but most european countries are against it. they are convinced the issue is one of production facilities. and we need to continue to ramp up production as a commission call some countries which are already capable of producing vaccines. and what's a native, a large part of a population follows you example and immediately start to shares, production place, other countries in, since you have been under pressure to present an alternative to waving ip writes on vaccines. and now it says it has a comprehensive plan which it will present to the world trade organization at the beginning of june. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines. the german government is welcome to us waving sanctions against the company behind the controversial law stream to gas pipeline, which connects russia with germany divided administration announced the policy shift on wednesday. the ceo of bi dan's paren

must be discussed in the format of the w t o the bird trade organization and there were already $100.00 countries asking for that and so far the e.u. and also the u.s. have resisted it seems that the is no able to follow the lead of the u.s. and to take a softer stance but you officials briefing here in brussels also say it's not that simple that i'll go peyton's yet that can be waived it's about licensing so the companies that are producing the jobs must have other companies how to do that so they have to be forced to give that license out and then also the question how will it be checked that the duty produced generics are really deficient in a similar to the original one so this is not as simple as it seems and the you also says it will take some time until the generic generics can be produced and it would be easier if the eve is only would export its own jets it's producing pfizer is producing in the u.s. so far there's an export ban in place from the states and the u.s. has we are exporting from europe the u.s. does not so this but also be a step necessary back to regard to brussel

on the debate over waiving patent protection for covert 19 vaccines want to negotiate between 164 w t o member countries still ahead and all countries have to agree but said friday that success requires striking a fine balance between allowing access and promoting innovation here is what she said. so my job is to make sure that i bring members together so i actually sit down and negotiate texts that would lead to a pragmatic solution that shows access to developing countries to deal with a bad thing in that we do whilst at the same time making sure we don't disincentive ice research and innovation so that's where we are the recent pronouncements by the u.s. and so on i'm sure will give i mean put. downs with people a member has been willing to come around the table to negotiate tax that's the only way we'll make progress our correspondent joy to joins us now tory how much confidence is there within africa that w.t. own member countries will agree to waive patent. well health experts in africa with the news from w. to you today are just taking the wait and see approach given the fact tha

is not going to secure a single dose affected within the next year even of the negotiations in the w t o 2 world trade organizations would be very slow they would be dragging on for months and plus if you give the patents cured have anything you don't have production sites you don't have a supply chain and all of these seems a much more important so the majority of leaders here say we are willing and happy to cooperate we will help was knowledge transfer and transfer of high tech and that we have developed but we don't want to just throw out the patents because probably and that's what some nobody really says out loud here china would just grab them and run with them but many developing countries are on their own not capable of setting up these very complicated production sites now india has been one of the champions of releasing those payments on kind of a vaccines if you're a one off of that what can they offer india what can europe off india in the talks today. they will of course offer to operate they will of course offer to sort of produce vaccines under looser licenses that that is

potentially ramping up supply especially in developing countries proponents say the waiver is in the w t o's tool box already and argue that a once in a century pandemic is the time to use it. the united states trade representative catherine thai made the announcement saying this is a global health crisis and the extraordinary circumstances of the cove and 19 pandemic call for at sir ordinary measures to new york for us yeah tell us what's the response been. yeah there has not been immediate comments from the pharmaceutical or biotech industry but you could clearly see reactions on the stock market and that especially true for those smaller vixie and makers like they do not have any other product. to offer but the vix seen so that stock took a dive once we got. the news some of the same was true for a cure wake or beyond take both trading at the. tech exchange we have to clearly wait and see how this whole story develops as far as i understand all 164 members of the world trade organization actually have to agree to this hate and decision and we will see if all 164 members will follow suit w

the idea which was pitched by india and south africa to the w t o. in august gained momentum this month after the united states backed it, but most european countries are against it. they are convinced the issue is one of production facilities. and we need to continue to ramp up production as a commission call some countries which are already capable of producing that seems and watson. i did a large part of a population follows you example, and immediately start to shares, production place, other countries in need of my husband under pressure to present an alternative to waving ip writes on vaccines. and now it says it has a comprehensive plan which it will present to the world trade organization at the beginning of june. let's take a look now. some of the other business stories making headlines. air buses reportedly planning to close one of its 2 plants in the port of cotton and southern spain, which primarily produces the a 380 jumbo super jump. other air bus has ended a 380 production before the pandemic, as demand for large airliners was already

trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time. joined by dr amos he's a senior scholar at the johns hopkins university center for health security doctors good to have you on the program what do you make of this idea of waving patent protection is that the way forward no i don't believe this is the way forward i think this is the way backwards we know that patent protections and in electoral property rights are the engine of innovation when it comes to these bio pharmaceutical products that all our lives literally depend upon and if you do this you will basically remove the ability for companies to plan to invest because they're worried they'll be a worry that if something is successful all of that could be taken away and there's not going to be any reward or incentivisation for for these products and when the next pandemic or infectious disease emergency comes around what company is going to want to engage with governments if this is what that result maybe well the companies that received billions of dollars of taxpayer money ever

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trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time let's get all of this from leaders go got matters in brussels welcome again even if you commission president are sort of on the alliance says the commission is willing to consider this idea of waving peyton's this is not a huge decision is it. exactly it's not an e.u. decision but look she will she will need consent from member states but look i what i would say is here we're facing a different situation and in fact another problem when it comes to sharing vaccines europe has been the continent that was most willing to share of x.-men this hasn't been an export ban millions of doses went out while the own population was waiting for vaccines and still is waiting for a vaccine so that's not really the problem to have member states on one page here the problem is more a practical one let's say for instance germany would publish the recipe for a j. great german lager which by the way is compared to the complex production of a biotech pfizer vaccine a piece of cake that would require special staff coming for instance to cou

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at a summit coming up in lisbon this weekend and it's the forum for that is the w t o the world trade organization there are some emergency mechanism that would allow it to waive some of these intellectual property rights but the e.u. officials briefing impreza say it's not that simple because there are actually no peyton's legally speaking on this vaccines yet and madonna for example one of the companies has no paid internet and doesn't want one if we are talking about licensing the production so the they could force companies to issue licenses to other producers to tell them how to actually make this vaccine and how to set up production sides and it's not a simple generic generica that you're producing here and the companies warn it is not that easy in its no remedy for the short term. need for vaccines baby in the long term that will help but in the law in the short term only the export from producing side already existing would be a solution so they knew of her example is urging the u.s. to export vaccines which is not doing right now and that this could be a way out of the short

waiver yet. pablo, president of china said that he's country is supporting the waiver and he urge w t o action french president, him alone. a chrome also told the summit that they should be no taboos when it comes to discussing potential measures by german chancellor anglo merkel made clear that she is not in favor of such a wavers. she said that she thinks what is key right now is for wealthy nations to live, to export bands and to share more big scenes and to expand production capacities all around the world. and she also said that it is the european union that has already exported 40 percent of its exceeds that is the right approach. she said making clear she's against the waiver. so as you can see, there is no agreement on that yet. no break through. we can expect the g 20 leaders to agree that it's important to share vaccines and that it's important also to, to share technology and know how however, on a voluntary basis. all right, so no final agreement just yet. but there are pledges of sharing vaccines as you said, low income countries. and when exactly can people in those countr

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the debate over waiving patent protection for coated 19 vaccines months of negotiations between 164 w t o member countries still ahead and all countries have to agree but if we said friday that success requires striking a fine balance between allowing access and promoting innovation here is what she said. so my job is to make sure that i have bring members together so actually sit down and negotiate tests that would lead to a pragmatic solution that has shows access the developing countries to deal with a vaccine inequity whilst at the same time making sure we don't disincentive aids research and innovation so that's where we are the recent pronouncements by the u.s. and so on i'm sure will give an impetus to elect bush issues with people a member has been willing to come around the table to negotiate tax that's the only way we'll make progress. to greece now where young people have seen their fair share of economic crises and their effects on job prospects that's prompted many young greek to take their fate into their own hands and start their own companies. when it comes to business the

trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time. joined by dr amos he's a senior scholar at the johns hopkins university center for health security doctors good to have you on the program what do you make of this idea of waving patent protection is that the way forward. no i don't believe this is the way forward i think this is the way backwards we know that patent protections and in electoral property rights are the engine of innovation when it comes to these bio pharmaceutical products that all our lives literally depend upon and if you do this you will basically remove the ability for companies to plan to invest because they're worried they'll be a worry that if something is successful all of that could be taken away and there's not going to be any reward or incentivisation for for these products and when the next pandemic or infectious disease emergency comes around what company is going to want to engage with governments if this is what the result maybe well the companies that received billions of dollars of taxpayer money ever

the idea which was pitched by india and south africa to the w t o. in august gained momentum this month after the united states backed it, but most european countries are against it. they are convinced the issue is one of production facilities. we need to continue to ramp up production as a commission call some countries which are already capable of producing vaccines and how watson did a large part of a population follows you example and immediately start to shares that production place, other countries in the money you have been under pressure to present an alternative to waving i p rights on vaccines. and now it says it has a comprehensive plan which it will present to the world trade organization at the beginning of june. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines. japanese exports are almost 40 percent in april from the earlier, with demand boosted by surging global demand for cars. electronics is the country shop is wise and export figures in more than a decade. giving hope that the still locked down economy is

jump towards but the fact that the dialogue is not opened up with all the role players through the w t o i think is very healthy and i think it allows everyone to rethink positions the message is loud and clear is a massive inequity in terms of distribution of vaccines the countries that are really really struggling simply don't have vaccines in the african region we don't have vaccines and we're not getting enough vaccines to the kovacs facility that would support the poorest countries so that message is out there but i think one thing that might happen is that perhaps big pharma will now say ok well is there another way that we could look at this we understand the pressure we're hearing that we're seeing it can we do more in license sharing can we do more in tech transfer proactively and voluntarily can we go further than we have done because although some there been some limited efforts of that from big pharma to just smaller companies like astra zeneca to the servants to to india that it's been really just a drop in the ocean. when we think about the amount of vaccine that we now nee

south africa for the past 7 months without agreeing agreement is a must for any decision taken by the w t o because it operates on consensus so this proposal is not a quick fix to the pressing problem of an ongoing pandemic that's taking a toll on billions of unvaccinated people worldwide meantime the e.u. leaders are set to meet in port of today where they will discuss the idea of patent waivers i mean what is expected there. well these commission president rest of the front alliance has so far been pretty noncommittal saying that the e.u. is quote unquote ready to discuss any proposals that address the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner and as if as as we've said there are a lot of arguments for the fact that a vaccine wouldn't necessarily effective other european leaders are also sending mixed messages including french president and many well my car but there is no question that the u.s. proposal puts you in an uncomfortable position of looking at least on the face of it as if it is now to blame for blocking help to the global chief political correspondent linda crane breaking d

and that might not happen soon we're really talking at the us position as it relates to the w t o process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward. you know that are. bought time is off the essence health experts say the removal of peyton's would save millions of lives not just in india but around the world. in the next. if they leave the country is this a let down to prove it. was going to be. true it was. india and south africa 1st approached the world trade organization in september since then new more contagious variants of the virus have emerged in india with scientists morning vaccines will have to be updated to remain effective elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. thousands of people have rushed to leave nepal ahead of an international flight ban that took effect around an hour ago fears are rising that the country's surging corona virus outbreak will mimic the one across its western border in india nepal is facing $57.00 times more cases than it had a month ago it's reporting about 20 new infections a day for every $1000

south africa for the past 7 months without agreeing agreement is a must for any decision taken by the w t o because it operates on consensus so this proposal is not a quick fix to the pressing problem of an ongoing patent and make this taking a toll on billions of unvaccinated people worldwide chief political correspondent melinda graham breaking down all of those various aspects to this story thank you so much. and we're going to get now the view from dr catriona appeared to hoff she is a health scientist from the university of amsterdam welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us here on t.v. news we'd like to begin by asking you what you think about the skepticism over removing patent protections. i don't think the skepticism is unfounded removing protections is an important 1st step that's part of legal access to intellectual property now of course another piece of this puzzle is scaling up global manufacturing capacity which is also essential but doing so rests in the companies that need to share their technology know how and knowledge in order to achieve this globally

our government is grappling with what do they do about a country that agreed to assimilate into the w t o system but is instead competing with that knowledge how involved are our allies and our partners in this japan and so on well i can tell you this much there's a new nickname that's being kicked around d.c. and it's the quad which is the united states india japan and australia our military commanders told congress that this is a key partnership economically and militarily and they see this for some as being key to serving as adversarial to china and china's partners in that part of the world's no what kind of military weapons are we giving to our allies to help us with there's an issue here of so i don't know the exact weapons but broadly i know that the 2021 n.d.a. authorizes air defense undersea warfare intelligence surveillance anti armor anti ship and coastal defense systems to be transferred to countries in the region specifically taiwan we're also providing partner countries with the parts and equipment that they need to maintain the stuff that they already have now on your pod c

and that might not happen soon we're really talking at the us position as it relates to the w t o part process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward you. know that are. bought time is off the essence health experts say the removal of peyton's would save millions of lives not just in india but around the world. so you see if they leave the country is this a group because we have only. one. country even because currently under the same still. true it was. recently. india and south africa 1st approached the world trade organization in september since then new more contagious variants of the virus have emerged in india but scientists morning vaccines will have to be updated to remain effective elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. australia's prime minister scott morrison says citizens stranded in india will be able to return home from may 15th when repatriation finds resume last week the government imposed districts travel ban for citizens and residents with harsh penalties for anyone breaching the rules it sparked a fierce ba