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Joint statement by @WTO Director-General @WTODGAZEVEDO and WHO Director-General @DrTedros on the importance of ensuring normal cross-border flow of vital medical supplies and other goods and services to fight #COVID19

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Global, coordinated action is required to deal with the extraordinary challenges the #COVID19 pandemic poses to people’s health as well as their livelihoods
- WHO I @WTO

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Protecting lives is our top priority, and these efforts can be impeded by unnecessary disruptions to global trade & supply chains. Keeping trade in health technologies as open & predictable as possible is of vital interest
- WHO I @WTO

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Trade policy decisions significantly influence:
- Getting medical equipment & supplies to where they are urgently needed
- Catalyzing supplies for the production of medicines & health technologies to fight #COVID19

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Governments need to avoid measures that can disrupt supply chains & negatively impact the poorest & most vulnerable, notably in developing & least developed countries that are typically reliant on imports of medicines & equipment
- WHO I @WTO

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Global 🌐 action, solidarity and international cooperation are more necessary than ever to address #COVID19. WHO and @WTO are working together to play their part

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