Lawmakers keep up pressure on Biden to support TRIPS waiver

A group of progressive Democrats is upping the pressure on President Biden to reverse course at the World Trade Organization and support a proposal to waive some intellectual property rights to help combat the pandemic, a move they called a “moral obligation.” The Biden administration so far has walked a tightrope on the waiver, saying it supports the objective – more vaccines – but does not want to sacrifice innovation spurred by intellectual property protection. The U.S. is not the...