Grassley: Administration should have consulted Congress on TRIPS waiver

The Biden administration should have consulted Congress before announcing its support for a waiver of some World Trade Organization intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said on Tuesday. “This announcement was made [and] Congress was not consulted,” he told reporters on a conference call. He called it a “legitimate complaint,” particularly because it involves an issue on which Congress has set out “negotiating patterns.” Grassley acknowledged that he and others raised similar consultation concerns about then-U.S...