Covid vaccine rights waiver within reach, WTO chief says ahead of meeting

An international agreement on waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines is within reach ahead of a global trade meeting next week, the head of the World Trade Organization said today.

In a telephone interview, director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (above) also said an agreement could be reached on fishing subsidies in time for the meeting when 120 trade ministers from around the world gather at the body's Geneva headquarters.

"If we get...