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For Immediate Release: July 13, 2021<\/div>\n
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Contact: Arthur Stamoulis, (202) 494-8826 or media@citizenstrade.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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German Chancellor Merkel Urged to Stop Blocking Global COVID Vaccines<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Nationwide Protests During Merkel’s Visit to the United States Urge Germany to Support the TRIPS Waiver to Help End the Pandemic<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Washington, DC \u2014 Protesters hoisted a giant 20-foot by 10-foot banner on helium balloons outside the White House today, calling on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stop blocking an emergency waiver of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules needed to increase global production of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that would help save millions of lives. \u00a0The action is one of more than a dozen protests and public events in the U.S. capitol and at German consulates across the nation timed before and during Merkel\u2019s visit to the United States this Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The banner, which included an enormous image of Merkel\u2019s face, read \u201cGERMANY: STOP BLOCKING GLOBAL COVID VACCINES\u201d and \u201c#TRIPSWaiver Now!\u201d \u00a0Supported by the United States and the vast majority of other nations around the globe, the TRIPS waiver would temporarily suspend the WTO\u2019s Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) when it comes to COVID vaccines, diagnostics and treatments so that those life-saving medical items can be produced in as many places as possible as quickly as possible.<\/div>\n
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Photos of the banner lift are available online here.<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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\u201cWhile Americans and Western Europeans increasingly have widespread access to COVID vaccination, huge numbers of people around the world aren\u2019t expected to have access to a vaccine for years unless global production is dramatically increased,\u201d said Arthur Stamoulis, Executive Director of Citizens Trade Campaign. \u201cEvery day Chancellor Merkel delays global action on COVID vaccines costs thousands of lives and increases the chances of a viral mutation that can evade current vaccines and start the pandemic all over for everyone. The Merkel-Biden summit will not be a success unless Germany agrees to support the TRIPS waiver and help end the pandemic.”<\/div>\n
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On Wednesday morning, leaders of public health and other civil society organizations will hold an\u00a0online press conference calling on Chancellor Merkel to end her waiver block\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and calling on President Joe Biden to show continued leadership on the issue by persuading her to do so. \u00a0At the same moment,\u00a0a mass protest will be held at the German Permanent Mission to the UN<\/a>\u00a0in New York City.<\/div>\n
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Throughout the week,\u00a0protesters will also gather outside a dozen separate German Consular offices<\/a>\u00a0in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and Washington states to remember loved ones lost to COVID-19 and further call on Germany to support the TRIPS waiver.<\/div>\n
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Protesters will also stage a\u00a0“die-in” outside the White House during Merkel\u2019s visit on Thursday<\/a>,\u00a0with a giant Merkel puppet lurking over dozens of body bags representing the millions of lives on the line.<\/div>\n
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\u201cLast month, over 130 civil society organizations called on President Biden to persuade the European Union to stop its obstruction<\/a>\u00a0of a fast and effective TRIPS waiver for COVID vaccines and treatments. \u00a0Chancellor Merkel\u2019s visit is his opportunity to do just that,\u201d said Stamoulis. \u00a0\u201cWith thousands of people continuing to die of COVID every day for lack of vaccines and treatments, the idea that Germany would continue to prioritize pharmaceutical profits over saving as many lives as possible and ending this pandemic is an outrage. \u00a0Now is the time for real leadership.”<\/div>\n
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