The United States will give up its vaccine intellectual property patents, but Germany first raised objections. This seems to be unreasonable, because the relationship between the United States and Germany and other European countries has always been very good. It stands to reason that vaccine patents are free Isn't this a good thing for countries all over the world? Why should Germany oppose it and not hesitate to offend its partners? In fact, to understand why Germany and the United States made such a decision, we must first understand the current situation of the United States. As we all know, since the outbreak of the epidemic, most countries in the world have been affected, especially in terms of economy. The United States, the world's largest economic power, has not handled the epidemic very well. Therefore, its economy has also been affected to a certain extent.
It can be said that today the United States urgently needs cheap global products to ease its own inflationary pressure. Due to the intensification of the epidemic situation in India, the world's second largest global economy is at a semi-suspension. In this state, coupled with a series of tariffs imposed by the United States on China, prices in the United States have risen sharply. Although the United States has also taken some measures, the most obvious is to vigorously print money. Although paper money has increased, but However, the number of goods has not increased. In the long run, it will naturally cause inflation, and the harm to other countries will not be low. Therefore, the United States urgently needs to control the global epidemic situation, especially not to worsen the epidemic situation in developing countries. If If the situation worsens, its product supply chain will change, which will have a huge impact on the U.S. economy.
Even if we do not look at it from the perspective of the United States, but from the perspective of all countries in the world, if the epidemic situation is improved, wouldn’t it be good for the whole world? Why does Germany oppose this move by the United States? This is because even if the United States liberalizes the patent rights of vaccines, the production of vaccines will only be so fast. If the production of vaccines is accelerated, the production quality of the vaccines will be difficult to guarantee. After all, it is free. If the vaccine mutates, it may not be possible. No company will be willing to develop a vaccine, because even if it is developed, there will be no benefits in the end, which increases the uncertainty for other countries around the world.
Everything is based on self-interest, and nothing is unprofitable. Perhaps this way, we can understand the behavior of the United States and Germany.