Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s administration plans to push through new government procurement rules by the end of the year, replacing what it sees as excessively “complex” procedures it was tied to in the European Union. Bills on procurement and state aid will be included in the Queen’s Speech on Tuesday in Parliament, people familiar with the matter said. The annual event ...

Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to use his final year in office to reach an “irreversible peace” on the Korean Peninsula, and will seek help in salvaging one of his policy priorities at a summit next week with President Joe Biden. Moon said in a speech marking the start of the final year of his single, five-year term ...

Bloomberg Vaccines need to be viewed as a global public good and the intellectual property, knowledge, technology and data related to Covid-19 vaccines should be available to all, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his weekly letter. South Africa and India have recently submitted proposals on the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights that ...