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German here. I am wondering if German government cannot prevent this legally (national security reasons?)
by submeta 7y ago
German here. I am wondering if German government cannot prevent this legally (national security reasons?)
- arez 7y agoThey can. They could ban the trade deal of the vaccine or the IP. They could even nationalize the company, but I don't think that's very likely. The Company is already working together with a government owned health institute so it is possible that they share already some IPs
- zzzcpan 7y agoAll governments can prevent something like this from happening if they choose to.
- mrits 7y agoOf course they can. But I'm not sure Germany wants to start a trade war.
- foepys 7y agoIf millions of their citizens' lifes are at risk, Germany will take its chances with that.
- mrits 7y agoStarting a trade war against your #1 trade partner is not on your list to handle the upcoming EU recession.
- foepys 7y agoNeither is losing your population and losing votes to far-right political parties just because you didn't want to upset America. Other EU countries would also side with Germany on that, I suppose. Doesn't matter anyways since it was reported a few minutes ago, that the vaccine patent is not for sale to the US once available.
- hatenberg 7y agoThey already fixed it the free market way by ousting the CEO. The majority shareholder is German. Beyond that they can just invoke national emergency and take control if it was needed. The company works with Paul Ehrlich institute which means tax payer subsidies and ironclad contracts and regulation. This isn't Deutsche Bank paying for Trumps Russian deals - German medical science is very well integrated and protected.
- LordHumungous 7y agoThey can and they will.