US tries to free Covid-19 vaccine from patent stranglehold while rushing other supplies to India
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US tries to free Covid-19 vaccine from patent stranglehold while rushing other supplies to India
Chidanand Rajghatta / TNN / Updated: Apr 27, 2021, 23:11 IST
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WASHINGTON: After a belated recognition of the Covid-19 tsunami striking India through a second wave, the United States is pulling out all stops to rush aid of every kind including vaccines, oxygen, ventilators, therapeutics, and personnel amid alarm that there could be a worldwide relapse if New Delhi does not gain control of the situation.
Mission mode, all-hands-on-deck, round-the-clock are among terms being used to describe frenetic action in Washington to salvage both its reputation damaged by its initial slow response and the situation in India, which is itself being accused of a sloppy response to the pandemic.
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Cattle, ranch organizations want relief from Biden administration for Trump trade deal
SD Ag Connection / News StaffApril 20, 2021Agriculture News
WASHINGTON, DC – During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he called “the worst trade deal ever made.” As president, he did so. The result became the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), which Trump signed into law in January 2020 and touted as one of his signature achievements in a State of the Union address.
Now, a number of national, state, and regional cattle and ranch associations – most all that politically endorsed Trump – are, “seeking immediate relief from the USMCA.” In an April 19 letter, 18 associations including R-CALF USA, Independent Beef Association of North Dakota and the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, have written a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and to United States Trade Representati
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FILE PHOTO: British trade minister Liz Truss speaks to Reuters after signing a free trade agreement with Singapore, in Singapore December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Pedja Stanisic
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s international trade minister Liz Truss said she was having “very positive” discussions with the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai about resolving the Airbus Boeing trade dispute.
“I am having very positive discussions with Katherine Tai, my counterpart, about resolving the Airbus-Boeing dispute which has been going on for 16 years,” Truss told parliament on Thursday.
Reporting by Paul Sandle and Sarah Young; Editing by Alistair Smout