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EPISODE · May 6, 2021 · 8 MIN

US to support temporary suspension of Covid-19 vaccine patents, India’s coronavirus crisis is affecting global shipping

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Stocks of major vaccine makers were rattled on Wednesday after the US decided to support a plan to temporarily suspend the intellectual property rights for Covid-19 jabs, and India’s coronavirus crisis is hitting the international shipping industry. Plus, the FT’s leisure industries correspondent, Alice Hancock, talks about the European tourism industry’s hopes of emerging from the pandemic with a different kind of tourism. US backs plan to suspend Covid vaccine patents during pandemichttps://www.ft.com/content/eca86f43-7127-4213-948d-3cc8d652805eIndia’s Covid surge rocks global shipping industryhttps://www.ft.com/content/cf40d764-6ab6-4638-bea6-594cc3cd5d53?Archegos prepares for insolvency as banks seek compensation for $10bn losseshttps://www.ft.com/content/8062ef53-790f-4470-99d5-265335a72334Pandemic offers Europe’s tourism industry the chance of an upgradehttps://www.ft.com/content/5f3328f4-b12e-4e5b-8dd2-bacfb73d40a6? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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