India willing to collaborate with East Asian partners in the production of generic drugs and medical technologies used for treatment of COVID-19 patients, as also in the area of vaccines production: Anupriya Patel

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New Delhi : Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry attended 9th EAS-EMM (East Asia Summit-Economic Ministers’ Meeting) on Wednesday via webinar. Addressing the meeting, she said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) had observed that the strong monetary and fiscal policies introduced by many governments in response to pandemic helped to sustain the global demand and trade. Considering the encouraging trend, WTO had also revised its projection for global trade volume growth in 2021 to 8% compared to the 7% earlier. But, new waves of infection could easily undermine any anticipated recovery. Global and equitable vaccine roll-out is...