The United States will support calls to temporarily waive intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines.
India and South Africa have been urging World Trade Organization members to support the waiver, saying it will address vaccine shortages in poor countries.
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai says the US supports the waiver’s aim to increase access to vaccines.
“We are for the waiver at the WTO, we are for what the proponents of the waiver are trying to accomplish, which is better access, more manufacturing capability, more shots in arms,” Ms Tai said on Wednesday.