{"id":105899,"date":"2021-01-30T11:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T11:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=105899"},"modified":"2021-01-30T11:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T11:41:42","slug":"astra-eu-fight-opens-new-rift-in-global-bid-to-end-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/astra-eu-fight-opens-new-rift-in-global-bid-to-end-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra-EU Fight Opens New Rift in Global Bid to End Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A European dispute over supply of Covid-19 vaccines is threatening to unleash a wider political and economic conflict that could stymie global collaboration needed to end the pandemic.<\/p>\n

After accusing U.K. vaccine maker AstraZeneca Plc of favoring deliveries to its home country, the European Union announced a drastic plan to control exports of Covid shots. The retaliatory move may encourage more governments to use economic might — or other means — to protect their interests.<\/p>\n

The European Commission\u2019s restrictions \u201copen Pandora\u2019s box,\u201d said Simon Evenett, a professor of international trade at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. If others respond in similar fashion, \u201cit really would be every man for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/path><\/g><\/svg> 166,113 in U.S.<\/span>Most new cases today 90,\u200b898,\u200b764 Vaccine doses administered in 62 countries <\/circle><\/marker><\/defs><\/p>\n

<\/path><\/g><\/svg> +11% Change in MSCI World Index of global stocks since Jan. 23, 2020 <\/circle><\/marker><\/defs><\/p>\n

<\/path><\/g><\/svg> -0.\u200b667 Change in U.S. treasury bond yield since Jan. 23, 2020
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