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The virtual EU summit has seen the leaders back “global value chains” rather than support Brussels in using new powers to block Covid jab exports to highly vaccinated countries, writes the Guardian’s correspondent in Brussels, Daniel Boffey.
The commission increased its scope on Wednesday for blocking exports to countries with a better record than the EU in vaccinating its population, or those that restrict exports through law or in their contracts with suppliers.
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