Re:EU rebuffs UK calls to ship AstraZeneca Covid vaccines fr...
by pseudo0 on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:34AM
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Remember the softwood lumber dispute (billions of dollars and years of legal wrangling) or the flak Chretien caught from the US for keeping Canada out of Iraq? I think you're looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses.
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Re:EU rebuffs UK calls to ship AstraZeneca Covid vaccines fr...
by cmrdporcupine on Monday March 22, 2021 @02:55PM
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That is true, I do remember that. But a trade dispute is nothing compared to provoking a situation which causes imprisoned (and basically tortured) citizens and enacting export controls which prevent your northern neighbour and long time ally from purchasing life saving vaccines.