{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/e8df79aa-6ed9-4fd4-a61c-f038c8053661?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Export-control panel: the EU meets on vaccines","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/62e286e0dc55dd001230b219.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>European leaders <a href=\"https://espresso.economist.com/13d763a5838ca85acd2d4ff824ab03ea?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">will address</a> the thorny question of <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/03/24/europes-plans-to-restrict-vaccine-exports-are-dangerous?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">vaccine-export controls</a> today. We look at the row with Britain and what it means for the broader relationship with the EU. Our correspondent visits Congo-Brazzaville as the president of nearly 37 years <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/03/24/congo-brazzavilles-president-is-re-elected-after-his-rival-dies-of-covid-19?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">triumphs again</a>—at a continuing cost to his people. And research <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/02/20/data-on-inbred-nobles-support-a-leader-driven-theory-of-history?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suggests</a> that Europe’s most inbred rulers were the least adept.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}