Good piece by @MatinaStevis in NYT today detailing how EU is exporting millions of vaccines while US & UK are exporting none.
"While US kept doses for itself, the EU shipped 651,000 vaccines to US last month and made vaccines that immunized its neighbors"
nytimes.com/2021/03/10/wor…
Many are questioning why EU is exporting millions of doses to countries that will not return the favor, while struggling to vaccinate its own citizens.
German MEP Christian Ehler said this morning the EU expected US & UK to behave better. Was it naive?
Should Germany have had a 'Europe first' clause with BioNTech like apparently UK has with AstraZeneca and US has with Johnson & Johnson?
Ehler still believes no. "If we just think about our territory we might have a political benefit in the moment but that won't work for long".
I'm curious to get peoples' take on this.
Should Germany have included a 'Europe First' clause in its funding agreement with BioNTech, similar to 'Britain First' clause in UK's funding agreement with Oxford?
Would have meant a de facto EU Pfizer export ban in 1st months.
For reference: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
From survey result, seems EC may have been right to worry about making these numbers public
Slim majority say they wish the EU had behaved in same way as US & UK, insisting on priority for their own citizens and exporting no vaccines
Would they support a full EU export ban now?
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