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‘Full-Speed Ahead’: Trump Invokes Korean War Era Law To Fight COVID-19, Shaking Up US Device Manufacturing

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• By Shawn M. Schmitt

Calling himself a “wartime president,” Donald Trump on 18 March invoked the Defense Production Act to push US manufacturers to produce medical products needed to combat COVID-19 – even if those companies aren’t device makers. Trump later signed an Executive Order giving Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar the power to “allocate materials, services and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate” – all actions covered by the DPA.

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Calling himself a “wartime president,” Donald Trump on 18 March invoked a Korean War era law to push US manufacturers to produce medical products needed to combat COVID-19 – even if those companies aren’t device makers.

“I will be invoking the Defense Production Act, just in case we need it

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