Prognosis
Vaccine Diplomacy Edges Ahead as EU Floats Sharing Proposal
- Splitting Dutch factory output suggested by European diplomats
- U.K. official is negotiating with European Commission
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The European Union and Britain are pursuing talks to break their deadlock over AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus shots.
The goal is to avoid an escalation that could see exports to the U.K. blocked from AstraZeneca’s plant in the Netherlands. The EU believes that the drugmaker had double booked its production and that both Brussels and London have valid claims, so European officials have floated the possibility of sharing the facility’s output with Britain, according to diplomats familiar with the matter.