The EU wants the US to export millions of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Europe, it emerged on Saturday.
The bloc will also start talks on Monday to ensure frictionless trade of coronavirus vaccine ingredients between the two regions, according to AFP.
Among the restricted goods under discussion are bags fitted to the manufacturers' vats - often either made in the EU by American firms or in the US by European companies - as well as vials, syringes and so-called nanolipid particles used to encapsulate some messenger RNA vaccines.
All vaccine materials require specific authorisation from Washington to export.
"The idea isn't to relitigate" the rules but to "ease and speed up... administrative procedures," said AFP's European source.
"We're taking action in advance. When the time comes that vaccine production in Europe steps up sharply, we want to be sure that all the materials will be there."
The EU's export control system applies only to ready-to-use vaccines, and was recently used to block a shipment of 250,000 AstraZeneca vials to Australia.
The Swedish-British firm notified the EU's 27 member countries that it will only be able to deliver one-third of the initially promised number of doses to the bloc in the first quarter.
The decision sparked internecine vaccine warfare between the aggrieved bloc and the UK. A planned EU blockade of vaccine supplies to Northern Ireland was scrapped in January after condemnation from both the UK and the international community.
Recent demand for AstraZeneca's vaccine in Europe marks a reversal of attitudes.
Several European countries had declared the inoculation unsuitable for over-65s, but Germany stepped back from this position on Thursday, declaring the vaccine effective across all age groups.
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- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
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The flights
Return flights from Dubai to Santiago, via Sao Paolo cost from Dh5,295 with Emirates.
The trip
A five-day trip (not including two days of flight travel) was split between Santiago and in Puerto Varas, with more time spent in the later where excursions were organised by TurisTour.
When to go
The summer months, from December to February are best though there is beauty in each season
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- US sanctions on Iran’s energy industry and exports took effect on Monday, November 5.
- Washington issued formal waivers to eight buyers of Iranian oil, allowing them to continue limited imports. Iraq did not receive a waiver.
- Iraq’s government is cooperating with the US to contain Iranian influence in the country, and increased Iraqi oil production is helping to make up for Iranian crude that sanctions are blocking from markets, US officials say.
- Iraq, the second-biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, pumped last month at a record 4.78 million barrels a day, former Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi said on Oct. 20. Iraq exported 3.83 million barrels a day last month, according to tanker tracking and data from port agents.
- Iraq has been working to restore production at its northern Kirkuk oil field. Kirkuk could add 200,000 barrels a day of oil to Iraq’s total output, Hook said.
- The country stopped trucking Kirkuk oil to Iran about three weeks ago, in line with U.S. sanctions, according to four people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because they aren’t allowed to speak to media.
- Oil exports from Iran, OPEC’s third-largest supplier, have slumped since President Donald Trump announced in May that he’d reimpose sanctions. Iran shipped about 1.76 million barrels a day in October out of 3.42 million in total production, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
- Benchmark Brent crude fell 47 cents to $72.70 a barrel in London trading at 7:26 a.m. local time. U.S. West Texas Intermediate was 25 cents lower at $62.85 a barrel in New York. WTI held near the lowest level in seven months as concerns of a tightening market eased after the U.S. granted its waivers to buyers of Iranian crude.
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