Vaccine battle heats up as EU prepares tighter rules on jab exports
CGTN Europe • 1m 57s
Brussels is expected to launch a new set of rules governing the international export of coronavirus vaccines, as the fallout from an ugly row with AstraZeneca over a supply shortfall worsens.
While not a blanket ban, the new authorization tool will give member states and the European Commission the power to block exports of the jab outside the bloc.
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