Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on the Covid-19 Trips Waiver

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We will actively participate in text-based negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) needed to make that happen. Those negotiations will take time given the consensus-based nature of the institution and the complexity of the issues involved.  </p> <p>“The Administration’s aim is to get as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people as fast as possible.  As our vaccine supply for the American people is secured, the Administration will continue to ramp up its efforts – working with the private sector and all possible partners – to expand vaccine manufacturing and distribution.  It will also work to increase the raw materials needed to produce those vaccines.”</p> <p class="text-align-center">###<br>  </p> </div> </article> <ul class='listing'> <div style="display:none;"></div> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <form action="https://urtr.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=b58f12c4da47019d98a1e84ef&id=df7e2dfbfe" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" target="_blank" class="email-form pt-3 pb-0 mb-3"> <div class="row form-group justify-content-center"> <label for="" class="col-sm-5 col-form-label col-form-label-lg text-center pr-0 font-weight-bold">Subscribe to receive Updates from the Press Office</label> <div class="col-sm-4 text-center mt-1"> <input class="form-control form-control-lg" type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" id="mce-EMAIL" placeholder="Email Address" > </div> <div style="position: absolute; 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