A year after the Covid vaccine waiver proposal, WTO talks are deadlocked

A year after South Africa and India introduced a novel proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines and therapies at the World Trade Organization, negotiations are deadlocked and directionless, trade sources said on Monday after a meeting on the topic.

More than 100 countries backing the waiver say it will help save lives by allowing developing countries to produce Covid-19 vaccines...