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发帖数: 688 | 1 本周四川普下令要求所有美国公司不准出口医疗设备给外国，但现在被3M打脸了。
3M说，我们已经在美国尽量生产多的口罩，但你不可以撕毁协议让我们不卖口罩给加拿
大和拉美国家啊。就为了人道主义的原因我们也必须这样做，不然会导致这些国家对美
国进行报复，而使得美国的产量反而减少
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/3m-fires-back-trump-order-produce
-face-masks-69962167
3M fires back at Trump over order to produce more face masks
Manufacturing giant 3M pushed back Friday against criticism from President
Donald Trump over production of face masks that are badly needed by American
health care workers
By
DAVID KOENIG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
April 3, 2020, 11:52 AM
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The president’s plan was met with strong disagreement from the states’
governors and the CDC has instead instituted a travel warning for the tri-
state area.
Manufacturing giant 3M pushed back Friday against criticism from President
Donald Trump over production of face masks that are badly needed by American
health care workers.
The company said it has been producing as many masks as possible for the U.S
. “over the last several weeks and months.”
3M also said the administration asked it to stop exporting medical-grade
masks to Canada and Latin America, which the company said raises “
significant humanitarian implications” and will backfire by causing other
countries to retaliate against the U.S.
The unusual but not unprecedented spat between the president and a leading
American manufacturer broke out after Trump directed heads of the Homeland
Security Department and Federal Emergency Management Agency to use their
authority under the 1950 Defense Production Act to acquire the “appropriate
” number of N95 respirators from 3M and any of its affiliates.
The N95 masks, also called respirators, provide more protection against the
new coronavirus than ordinary surgical masks. Governors and hospital
officials around the country have warned of a dire shortage of masks and
other protective gear for health care workers treating people with COVID-19,
the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The president followed up his order with a barbed tweet Thursday night at
the Minnesota-based manufacturer.
“We hit 3M hard today after seeing what they were doing with their Masks.
‘P Act’ all the way. Big surprise to many in government as to what they
were doing - will have a big price to pay!” Trump tweeted.
The events leading to Trump's order against 3M began weeks ago. A White
House official said when Vice President Mike Pence visited a 3M factory in
Minnesota last month, he was told that 3M had 35 million N95 masks that were
intended for commercial uses but could be used by health care workers.
This week, after 3M received liability protection that it sought, the White
House learned that not all of those masks were ready for the U.S. market,
the official said.
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, has been leading administration
contacts with the company to learn where the masks went and why some were
not available as promised. The situation led Trump to invoke the Defense
Production Act, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to
discuss events that have not been made public.
The company said it has been working with the Trump administration since
last weekend and has shipped masks that it produces overseas back to the U.S
., including 10 million N95 masks 3M made in China.
3M also raised concerns over what it said was a request by the
administration to stop exporting masks to Canada and Latin American
countries, where the company is a critical mask supplier.
“Ceasing all export of respirators produced in the United States would
likely cause other countries to retaliate and do the same, as some have
already done. If that were to occur, the net number of respirators being
made available to the United States would actually decrease,” the company
said. “That is the opposite of what we and the Administration, on behalf of
the American people, both seek.”
The White House did not immediately comment on the company’s statement
about limiting exports.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said essential health supplies and
workers flow both ways across the border, and blocking exports of 3M masks
would be a mistake.
“I think of the thousands of nurses who cross the bridge in Windsor to work
in the Detroit medical system every day,” Trudeau said. “These are things
American rely on.”
Doug Ford, premier of Ontario province, said he protested to U.S. Trade
Representative Robert Lighthizer, expressing concern that Trump could create
a shortage of masks for Canadian doctors and nurses.
“The health and well-being of our frontline workers depend on these
essential medical items and now more than ever our countries need to work
together to combat COVID-19,” Ford tweeted.
Last week, Trump invoked the same 1950 law to force General Motors to build
ventilators used to treat COVID-19 patients. The president accused GM of not
moving quickly enough and trying to charge the government too much. GM said
it had been working on ventilators for weeks. Two days later, Trump praised
the auto maker, saying it was “doing a fantastic job.”
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Robert Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report. |
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