'Not for sale': Germany has reacted furiously to Trump's attempts to poach German scientists working on a coronavirus vaccine

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• Germany is furious about reports that Donald Trump offered German scientists "a billion dollars" for exclusive rights to a coronavirus vaccine to be used "only for the USA."
• The German government said the reports were accurate.
• "Germany is not for sale," economy minister Peter Altmaier told broadcaster ARD on Sunday.
• However, the Trump administration said claims that the US would not share the vaccine had been "wildly overplayed."
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German ministers have reacted furiously to attempts by Donald Trump's administration to reportedly buy exclusive rights to a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by a German firm.

According to an explosive report in German newspaper, WELT am Sonntag, which cited German government sources, the Trump administration offered a "billion dollars" to secure exclusive rights to the coronavirus vaccine it is developing, "but only for the USA."

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