3M warns Trump: Halting exports under DPA would reduce number of masks available to US
3M on Friday warned the Trump administration that its request for the company to stop exporting respirator masks abroad could make the protective gear less available in the U.S.
A rail passenger in London wears an industrial maintenance free face mask made by 3M, March 20, 2020.on Friday warned the Trump administration that its request for the company to stop exporting respirator masks abroad could actually make the protective gear less available in the U.S.invoked the Defense Production Act to force 3M to step up its production of respirator masks – a desperately needed piece of equipment for health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis.
But "there are, however, significant humanitarian implications of ceasing respirator supplies" to health care workers in those markets, where 3M is a "critical supplier of respirators," the company said. The White House reportedly tried to force 3M to export 10 million N95 respirator masks from its Singapore facilities to the U.S. rather than sending them to its markets in Asia, the Financial Times first reported citing a person familiar with the conversations.
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