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Von Der Leyen Calls on U.S. to Match EU Vaccine Exports
- European leaders press Biden to step up global pandemic fight
- EU leads democracies on exports, EU Commission head says
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she’s open to discussing President Joe Biden’s proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines, but that the U.S. needs to dramatically ramp up the number of shots it’s exporting in the short term.
Von der Leyen said vaccine manufacturers in the European Union have exported about half of the shots they’ve produced, some 200 million in total, and urged the U.S. to match that effort.