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Trade restrictions are delaying the COVID response. The WTO must act

Ground crew unload a shipment from South Africa of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio - RC235N9ADHGI

Tariffs and export restrictions have delayed the distribution of vaccines, therapies, and diagnostics needed to fight the pandemic Image: REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

Jennifer Brant
CEO, Innovation Insights
Thaddeus Burns
Head of Life Science Government & Public Affairs, Merck
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