Coronavirus: US 'wants 3M to end mask exports to Canada and Latin America'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Coronavirus: US 'wants 3M to end mask exports to Canada and Latin America'

3 April 2020

A major US mask manufacturer, 3M, says the government has asked it to stop exporting US-made N95 respirator masks to Canada and Latin America.

The request had "significant humanitarian implications", it warned, and could prompt other countries to act in kind.

On Thursday, the US invoked the Korean War-era Defence Production Act to demand that 3M provide more masks.

Canada's prime minister said stopping 3M's exports would be a "mistake".

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However, 3M added that the government also requested that it stop exporting respirators made in the US to Canada and Latin America.

"There are significant humanitarian implications of ceasing respirator supplies to healthcare workers in Canada and Latin America, where we are a critical supplier of respirators," it said.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52161032

[exboyfil]

1. You mean Canada where we get the raw materials for our masks

[Cicada]

2. Should other countries stop sending the US medical supplies?

Stopping trade would be a mistake