BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said China’s ambassador Yang Wanming is working with his government to speed up the shipment of active ingredients to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America’s biggest economy, and denied any political obstacles to the effort, he said on Wednesday, after a conversation with the Chinese official.
Maia also said their talks included Brazil’s long-awaited 5G auction, adding the ambassador reinforced that it is important that China participates in it.
(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello, in Brasilia)
