EU and U.K. Signal Vaccine Progress as Bloc Hardens Export Curbs

The European Union and the U.K. signaled a thawing of relations over vaccine sharing, just hours after the bloc escalated their long-running public battle with tougher restrictions on exports of shots.

“Given our interdependencies, we are working on specific steps we can take -- in the short-, medium - and long term -- to create a win-win situation and expand vaccine supply for all our citizens,” the U.K. and EU said in a statement on Wednesday.

Officials on both sides signaled caution not to over-interpret and that this was not a supply deal, rather the beginning of a negotiation. A ...