The idea to ban vaccine exports to UK is not some kind of @VonDerLeyen whim, as many UK commentators seem to believe.
She's being pushed by EU capitals to do this, especially Paris, Berlin & Rome. Europeans are angry that 41 million vaccines have left 🇪🇺 while 0 have left 🇺🇸or🇬🇧
She's being pushed by EU capitals to do this, especially Paris, Berlin & Rome. Europeans are angry that 41 million vaccines have left 🇪🇺 while 0 have left 🇺🇸or🇬🇧
AstraZeneca is only delivering 1/3 of doses promised to EU, and is blaming a supposed UK 1st Oxford contract with the UK government for why the two plants in the UK can't be used to meet that delivery promise as envisioned.
10 million doses have been exported from EU to UK.
10 million doses have been exported from EU to UK.
Meanwhile the US has a complete vaccine export ban, which companies have built supply chains around.
It's the reason EU factories have had to be used to supply Canada and Mexico, instead of the factories next door in the US.
It's the reason EU factories have had to be used to supply Canada and Mexico, instead of the factories next door in the US.
To UK commentators I would ask this: if you were an EU citizen, how would you feel about such a situation?
There's reluctance in some EU capitals about starting a vaccine trade war. But by my count, there's qualified majority support in Council for this. It isn't an idle threat.
There's reluctance in some EU capitals about starting a vaccine trade war. But by my count, there's qualified majority support in Council for this. It isn't an idle threat.
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