Top Finance Republican, others push admin to oppose expanding IP decision at WTO

A bipartisan group of 14 senators is calling on the Biden administration to oppose a push to expand a World Trade Organization decision easing intellectual property rules related to COVID-19 vaccines to cover tests and treatments as well, arguing there’s no “validity” to some WTO members’ arguments. Citing the “negligible impact” of the decision related to vaccines, the “abundant supply” of COVID-19 treatments and the fact that the World Health Organization has ended its public health emergency, the lawmakers this...