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Trump orders medical supply firm 3M to stop selling N95 respirators to Canada
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U.S.-based company 3M said Friday that it can no longer supply N95 respirators to Canada amid the coronavirus pandemic. U.S.
President Donald Trump has ordered Minnesota-based company to produce and sell as many medical-grade masks as the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it needs.
He invoked the Defence Production Act in order to speed up the distribution of masks. “The Administration also requested that 3M cease exporting respirators that we currently manufacture in the United States to the Canadian and Latin American markets,” a statement from the company read.
The company said the move raised “humanitarian” concerns for them. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “There are, however,
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