Manufacturing giant 3M, which produces medical equipment, warned Friday that the White House’s request for the firm to stop exporting respirator masks could make the gear less available in the United States.
The Minnesota-based company—the maker of Scotch tape, Post-It Notes, as well as protective masks—issued a statement about a day after President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force 3M to produce more respirator masks for healthcare workers during the battle against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.
