Vaccine nationalism unkind

Vaccine nationalism unkind – WB

By Xinhua News Agency

Oct 01, 2021 12:00 am

WASHINGTON, D. C.: Vaccine nationalism amid the Covid-19 crisis has been disappointing, said Aaditya Mattoo, World Bank chief economist for East Asia and Pacific Region, urging policymakers to boost trade openness to rein in the virus and support recovery.

'I am a trade economist and all my life, I believed that production should happen where it is most efficient and then be distributed to where there is greatest need,' Mattoo told Xinhua in a remote video interview Monday.

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