A key maker of N95 masks is arguing against the Trump administration's request to keep U.S.-made masks in the domestic market — saying the policy could backfire by triggering retaliation.
3M says it looks forward to working with FEMA. But in a statement posted to its website, the company also resisted the Trump administration's call to stop exporting U.S.-made masks to Canada and Latin America.
"If that were to occur, the net number of respirators being made available to the United States would actually decrease," 3M said."That is the opposite of what we and the Administration, on behalf of the American people, both seek.","We hit 3M hard today after seeing what they were doing with their Masks."
But the company has been criticized for how those respirators are being distributed — and with the U.S. now reporting more coronavirus cases than any other country, the thinking goes, U.S. companies should service the domestic market, and most importantly the national health care system, first.
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