Hoping for quick resolution on TRIPS waiver for Covid jabs at WTO: Goyal

Commerce & industry minister urges countries to share vaccines liberally with those in dire need of them

India is looking forward to multilateral support and a speedy resolution on its proposal on temporary intellectual property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO), union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.

Besides, there is a need for expeditious consensus building, transfer of technology and availability of the raw materials to quickly overcome the Covid-19 induced crisis. The minister also urged countries to share vaccines liberally with those who are in dire need of them.

“I hope we can look at multilateral support and a consensus being developed and quickly (at WTO). Here speed