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More talk, no action: Australia's approach to trade rules restraining vaccine production

  • Written by Deborah Gleeson, Associate professor, La Trobe University
More talk, no action: Australia's approach to trade rules restraining vaccine productionA pharmacist prepares to vaccinate health-care workers at the Klerksdorp Hospital, South Africa, on February 18 2021. Shiraaz Mohamed/AP

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