Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
Very selective... basically a mechanism for restricting shipments to countries that don't reciprocate and/or have a much less urgent need from an epidemic control standpoint—case-by-case decisions at the Commission's discretion. Should not be used against COVAX beneficiaries though—would be both unjust and stupid. It's an interesting way to deter vaccine nationalism outside the bloc.
I thought it was targeting the UK and/or AZ. But given that AZ wasn't planning to send the Halix production to the UK I guess it's just something that could be useful in case AZ turns out to be run by borderline criminals once again.