'Widespread support at G7 for TRIPS waiver at WTO'

There is widespread support among G7 members on a proposal led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a foreign ministry official told reporters on Sunday.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a videolinked address to a G7 summit in Britain on Saturday, sought support for a Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver at the WTO.