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EPISODE · May 7, 2021 · 10 MIN

Merkel opposes US move to waive vaccine IP, the drive behind the commodity supercycle

from FT News Briefing

Angela Merkel has expressed opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, and Norway’s Telenor has written off its entire $782m investment in Myanmar but will remain in the country. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains what is behind the commodities super cycle and what it could mean for inflation. Angela Merkel rejects US move to waive patents on vaccines https://www.ft.com/content/76a05a85-b83c-4e36-b04d-7f44f63e57b0Telenor writes off $782m Myanmar business following couphttps://www.ft.com/content/ba1f8db9-e2d1-4e45-80be-1f6f6fe1344bBroad commodities price boom amplifies ‘supercycle’ talk https://www.ft.com/content/1332da37-bf45-409f-9500-2fdac344d1ddWhy we should all give up meathttps://www.ft.com/content/1293516c-c17a-4a29-b969-55b6e6849b16 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angela Merkel has expressed opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, and Norway’s Telenor has written off its entire $782m investment in Myanmar but will remain in the country. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains what is behind the commodities super cycle and what it could mean for inflation. Angela Merkel rejects US move to waive patents on vaccines https://www.ft.com/content/76a05a85-b83c-4e36-b04d-7f44f63e57b0Telenor writes off $782m Myanmar business following couphttps://www.ft.com/content/ba1f8db9-e2d1-4e45-80be-1f6f6fe1344bBroad commodities price boom amplifies ‘supercycle’ talk https://www.ft.com/content/1332da37-bf45-409f-9500-2fdac344d1ddWhy we should all give up meathttps://www.ft.com/content/1293516c-c17a-4a29-b969-55b6e6849b16 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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