#12843022, By RobAnybody Coronavirus

RobAnybody 29 Jan 2021 16:08:18 2,892 posts
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Rogueywon wrote:

Psychotext wrote:
EU export controls on vaccines confirmed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55860540

I guess the theory is that if the companies haven't been moving doses to places they shouldn't have been, then this wont actually change anything.
The question is if they use this to cut across the UK's existing Pfeizer orders. That isn't clear from the article. If this is just about stopping hypothetical contract-breaching AZ exports, then fine. If it's used to cut across existing legal contracts, it puts the EU in a horrific place. The UK will almost certainly block any AZ exports from UK-based plants to the EU. Other countries will recoil in horror as the EU tramples over the law.

I recall reading yesterday that the EU also require a certain chemical in order to make the vaccine, and guess who has the chemical? Yup, the UK .......