American newspaper attack Biden!"Gift to Beijing"

On June 17, local time, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial article, accusing the WTO of damage to American intellectual property rights, and criticized Biden to provide "patent gifts" to China and hurt the national interests of the United States.

During the Trump administration, its pushing unilateralist policy and trade protectionist policy brought serious harm to international organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). After nearly 5 years, the WTO Ministerial Conference was finally held again in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting reached a historic package of agreement, which was a key and important victory for multilateralism.

From June 12th to 17th local time, the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the WTO (MC12) finally made the "1+4" achievement after several rounds of dense negotiations and the members of the members, which involved the results of the results of the conference, Intellectual property, new crown vaccine, fishery subsidies, food security, e -commerce areas.

Between international media, the meeting was particularly noticeable to reach an agreement on the issue of the new crown vaccine intellectual property exemption. The reach of this agreement ended a fierce competition for the patent rights of key medical product companies during the epidemic, so that companies in developing countries such as South Africa will be easier to produce and export patented new crown vaccines in limited circumstances. If it is approved by the country's government, there is no need to obtain the consent of the patent holder.

On this issue, the United States has always had "geopolitical anxiety", and is worried that China and Russia will profit from it. On June 17, local time, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial article, accusing the WTO of damage to American intellectual property rights, and criticized Biden to provide "patent gifts" to China and hurt the national interests of the United States.

On June 17, local time, the Director-General of WTO, Enshqi Oluno Iveo Ala (middle) at the closing meeting of the WTO Ministerial Conference. "Wall Street Journal" report screenshot

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WTO has made major breakthroughs, and the new crown vaccine patent exemption agreement is reached

According to the Wall Street Journal, as the first female director of WTO, it is also the first director of Africa. It is a "major victory".

Earlier, Olunjo Iveo Ala had served as the chairman of the Global Vaccine Immune Alliance (Gavi). She made a lot of efforts to reach the vaccine agreement. In recent months protocol.

Now, she said at a press conference: "When I started this job, WTO's expectations for me are not very high ... I also heard words such as' functional disorders' and 'not produce. We have proved that WTO can produce results in this area and multilateralist results. "

The existing rules of vaccine intellectual property rights in the agreement include one provision that allows the company to pay the patented product without the consent of a patent person under the arrangement of a "mandatory license". Generally speaking, products that need to be produced to be produced have extremely high obstacles in exports, and this new regulation will pave the way for developing countries facing the development of vaccine shortages.

On June 12, local time, the Director-General of the WTO Enshi Olunjo Iveo Ala attended the ministerial meeting. Picture self -surging image

However, the Wall Street Journal stated that the agreement reached on June 17 local time is a "small measure" aimed at promoting the supply of new crown vaccines in developing countries in developing countries. The impact of actual production of vaccines may be limited because global vaccines are surplus, which means that vaccine manufacturers increase their output.

The report also said that this measure related to the vaccine patent is far from India and South Africa that in October 2020 to alleviate the serious shortage of vaccines in developing countries. Including vaccines, treatment and testing, this has caused strong opposition from the pharmaceutical and commercial lobbying groups.

Although in order to promote the participation of various countries, this agreement has weakened compared to the initial version of the proposal, some participants said that the results still "exceeded their expectations", especially the conference was continued in the new crown epidemic, the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict broke out, and the outbreak of the conflict between the Russian and Ukraine broke out, and the outbreak of the conflict between the Russian and Ukraine broke out, and the outbreak of the conflict between the Russian and Ukraine broke out. In the context of the expansion of the gap between the rich and the poor between the country.

Ebrahimpatel, the Minister of Trade in South Africa, said the agreement would help African countries to build a new crown vaccine in the African continent and prevent the supply from interrupting the public health crisis in the future. "This exemption will allow developing countries to have legal tools, cope with the new crown variant virus in the future, and prepare for the future popularity."

Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyushgoyal said that the ministers were united and in such a spirit, that is, the results of the meeting were regarded by the world as a signal that the multilateral order was not broken.

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For vaccine patent exemptions, some people still have a strong opposition

As early as last year, the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, the spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, said that China was the earliest country to propose and actively practice vaccines as a global public product. At present, members of the WTO are discussing the availability of global vaccines. China believes that the WTO can play a positive role in this regard.

He also said that China supports the WTO's intellectual property exemption proposal on the new crown vaccine such as new crown vaccines to enter the text consultation stage. In the next step, China will actively participate in consultations with all parties and jointly promote a balanced solution to achieve a balanced solution so that countries can jointly defeat the epidemic as soon as possible. When the United States is facing the pressure of new crown vaccines made with developing countries, it has been repeatedly repeatedly. In the end, the attitude of Biden's government is to support the exemption of intellectual property rights for vaccines. But at the same time, there is still "geopolitical anxiety" in the United States: how can China and Russia from taking this opportunity to get "American -sensitive biopharmaceutical technology"?

On February 19, 2021, Biden visited Pfizer's vaccine production workshop. Picture self -surging image

At that time, some American officials and industry people worried that the Bayeng government's move will enable China to "skip years of research", thereby weakening the advantages of the United States in the field of biopharmaceuticals. A senior official of the Biden Government claims that although the primary task under the epidemic is to save lives, the United States "will" review the impact of this move on China and Russia before patent exemptions to ensure its (the United States). "

In the next few months, the United States was basically in addition to the negotiations of vaccine intellectual property exemption. This negotiation was mainly led by the European Union, the United Kingdom and Switzerland with India and South Africa.

After the MC12 meeting reached an agreement, US trade representative Dai Qi said: "This agreement shows that we can work together to make the WTO closer to the needs of ordinary people. Cooperation, expand vaccine production and sales to promote the recovery of the global health system. "

However, the pharmaceutical and commercial lobbying groups have criticized the agreement, and they believe that the amendments to the intellectual property agreement (TRIPS) related to trade have added challenges to their next popularity. Myronbrilliant, the executive vice chairman and head of the US Chamber of Commerce, said: "We can't make this unfortunate measure a precedent for infringement of intellectual property rights."

The American Medicine Research and Manufacturers Association expressed the refusal to donate the vaccine: "Diplomats have not solved the problem in the past year and a half, but how to destroy intellectual property rights in WTO. It is these intellectual property rights. The production of new crown vaccines worldwide. "

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The US media is sour: "Biden gave a patent gift, China got profit"

After seeing the reach of the vaccine patent exemption agreement and Daiqi's speech, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial article entitled "Biden's Patent Gift to Beijing", claiming that this damage Intellectual property rights in the United States, they criticized the WTO and Biden government.

Screenshot of the Wall Street Journal Ant

The article criticizes that the establishment of WTO is to protect the rules of free trade, and it is now becoming a tool to combat American innovation. Intellectual property of vaccine.

The article continued to accuse the Bayeng government, saying that the agreement was a "diplomatic victory" in the eyes of the White House, but it was actually a "huge failure" of the national interests of the US national interest. It is China.

"President Biden succumbed to the pressure of the left, agreed to abandon intellectual property rights, and weakened European allies who opposed patent exemptions." The Wall Street Journal also claimed that there is no legal binding force to prevent China from stealing the American mRNA (Metrouraumanic acid) Technology, China will use this to develop its own vaccine and sell it with its own brand.

The article also mentioned that India and other agreements advocate the country, saying that although these countries have achieved victory, countries that support the intellectual property of vaccines are not satisfied. Fortunately, this agreement has not yet expanded to the detection technology and treatment technology field of the new crown virus, but it requires WTO members to make a decision within 6 months.

"This fall, will the Bayeng government rush to the front of the barriers to defend Phaxlovid of Pfizer? Don't expect it anymore."

American Pfizer CEO issued an open letter against patent exemption in May 2021

The article finally declared that semiconductor and genetically modified crops may also enter this "fair game". Intellectual property protection encourages enterprises to invest in new technologies, which is a major reason for the United States to be more innovative than China. "By destroying the incentive mechanism of supporting innovation, the WTO agreement will damage the United States and the world."

Previously, in response to many developing countries hoping to exempt the new crown vaccine intellectual property rights, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian had expressed its position.

Zhao Lijian said that the world is still popular in the new crown pneumonia. Vaccination is a powerful weapon to overcome the epidemic. As a member of the largest developing countries and the international community, as long as it is conducive to the efforts of the developing countries' resistance, China will do it; as long as it is conducive to the actions that are conducive to the fairness of vaccines in developing countries, China will support it. This is a reflection of the nature of the global public product of the new crown vaccine, and it is also the deserved meaning of building a community of human health and health.

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The MC12 meeting achieved "1+4" achievement, boosting confidence in multilateralism

This MC12 meeting is the first time that the WTO has held ministerial meetings in the past five years. More than 100 ministerial officials from WTO164 members gathered in Geneva, and the session period has also been extended from the original four days to six days. Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of China, led a delegation to attend the meeting. Ma Youxiang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Li Chenggang, the ambassador of the Chinese Permanent WTO delegation, attended. In addition to the new crown vaccine field, the conference also achieved significant results in many other fields and reached a historic package agreement.

According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, after several rounds of dense negotiations and the fierce confrontation of members of the members, the meeting finally achieved the results of "1+4".

Screenshot of the website of the Ministry of Commerce website

The "1" is the "MC12 Achievement Document". All parties reiterate the strengthening of the multilateral trade system with the WTO as the core to promote the necessary reforms of the WTO. "4" includes: First, the "Minister of the Intellectual Property Agreement related to trade" and "Decision on the Preparation of the Preparation of the Preparation of the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic and Future Epidemium in the WTO" to help develop members in the development of members to improve the new crown pneumonia vaccine vaccine Can promote the construction of a community of human hygiene and health, and promote the economic recovery after the epidemic. Second, the Fisheries Subsidy Agreement, which is the first multilateral agreement reached in the past nine years, has made an important contribution to the April of 2030 Sustainable Development. Third, the Declaration of the Minister of Food Safety and the "Decision on the Forbidden or Restrictions on Grain Planning for Food Planning for Food Planning for Food Plan", maintaining free and open agricultural trade environment, and strengthening the toughness of the global food and agricultural market. Fourth, the "Work Plan for E -commerce" continues the practice of temporary tariffs on electronic transmission to the next ministerial meeting.

The former Chinese Counselor Lu Xian, a former Chinese Counselor at the MC12 conference, told reporters that one of the major achievements and the subsidy agreement of fishery negotiations is the only multilateral agreement reached since the establishment of WTO 27 years. It can be imagined. He also said that before the meeting, everyone's expectations for reaching an agreement were very low, but the positive efforts and final results of each member swept the haze that has been shrouded in the WTO for many years, which made him very excited.

WTO 12th Ministerial Meeting site map

The Wall Street Journal states that since 2013, WTO has not reached any extensive trade agreement, on the one hand, because of the competitive relationship between China and the United States, and on the other hand, there are policy differences between rich countries and poor countries.

In addition, as an organization responsible for the arbitration trade dispute, WTO has been tied and constrained from the United States for a long time. Since December 2019, the United States has continued to obstruct the appointed judge of the WTO's "Supreme Court" (appealing agency), which once led to the WTO "Supreme Court" only one judge left, resulting in not enough manpower to major trade between countries from various countries. The dispute was ruling.

The report also said that the Package plan reached by the WTO on the 17th also includes a new roadmap that strives to reform the organization. Timsuleimenov, chairman of the MC12 conference and deputy director of the Presidential Office of Kazakhstan, said that the performance is "testing for WTO in today's world."

The Ministry of Commerce of China stated that during the global turbulent period and the multilateral trading system facing a difficult time for severe challenges, the success of the MC12 marks a key and important victory of multilateralism, which fully demonstrates the unity and cooperation of members of the WTO and the difficulties of the time of overcome time. The determination to further boost the international community's confidence in the multilateral trade system, inject a strong warm current into the global challenges and the world economic recovery.

Source: Observer.com/Xiong Chaoran

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