, Columnist
Britain and Europe Discover the Limits of Vaccine Warfare
Winning the immunization race isn't much use if your neighbors are suffering. Let's hope the post-Brexit vaccine truce can hold.
An end to the bad blood?
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After five years of bad-tempered Brexit trade barbs, border closures and the occasional lawsuit, Britain and the European Union have admitted through clenched teeth that they need each other — when it comes to Covid-19 vaccines, at least.
This week’s joint EU-U.K. statement on vaccine cooperation provides an opening to work better together on the pandemic, something that would chime with Joe Biden’s U.S. administration also taking a more multilateral turn. It isn’t, however, a kumbaya moment between two frenemies over the post-Brexit relationship, which will remain difficult in many areas.