Donald Trump vows coronavirus mask makers 3M ‘will pay big price’ for selling abroad to highest bidders amid US shortage
to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of N95 protective masks by Minnesota-based firm 3M to assist first responders.The company's brands include Scotch, Post-It and Nexcare, as well as healthcare products for professionals.
A memorandum signed by Trump calls for DHS Secretary Chad Wolf to use any and all authority available under the act to acquire masks produced by 3M Co.that they would be working with 3M, GE Healthcare and UAW to make critical supplies.require GM "to accept, perform, and prioritize contracts or orders for the number of ventilators that the Secretary determines to be appropriate", Trump said.
"Now they are saying it will only be 6000, in late April, and they want top dollar. Always a mess with Mary B. Invoke “P." Moskowitz claimed to have reached out to many 3M authorized distributors in the US, and said he was shocked to find American companies quietly partnering with foreign buyers. In a tweet directed towards 3M, he said: "I have money, you have masks yet you won’t sell them to me. Stop selling to foreign governments."
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