(May 6, 2021, 1:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a statement issued May 5, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that President Joseph R. Biden’s administration will work with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive patent protection under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for COVID-19 vaccines “in service of ending” the pandemic....