Facing medical supply shortages, Trump invokes wartime law that could give government authority over private manufacturing
Trump said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a law that gives the federal government sweeping power to ramp up manufacturing capacity during a national crisis, as a response…
by Lev Facher
Mar 18, 2020
2 minutes
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a law that gives the federal government sweeping power to ramp up manufacturing capacity during a national crisis, as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The law could allow the president to effectively force private companies that medical workers rely on to deliver care.
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