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Some Critical Medical Supplies Now Need Feds’ Approval To Be Exported
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Some Critical Medical Supplies Now Need Feds’ Approval To Be Exported

14 April 2020 /Posted byBarbara / 262

A New York nurse wears personal protective equipment, which is in short supply. The Trump administration says it won’t allow firms to export masks and gloves until it is satisfied U.S. needs are being met.

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A New York nurse wears personal protective equipment, which is in short supply. The Trump administration says it won’t allow firms to export masks and gloves until it is satisfied U.S. needs are being met.

Kathy Willens/AP

The Trump administration Wednesday said it will crack down on exports of critical medical supplies, including N95 respirator masks, surgical masks and gloves needed to fight the coronavirus.

Customs and Border Protection, working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will now detain exports of these scarce medical supplies at U.S. ports. CBP said the agencies will determine “whether to return the PPE (personal protection equipment) for use within the United States; to purchase the PPE on behalf of the United States; or, allow it to be exported.”

The announcement essentially enforces the president’s April 3 declaration allocating certain scarce medical material for domestic use only under the Defense Production Act.

The White House and FEMA have faced fierce criticism from some governors and others for not doing more, faster to get critical supplies into the hands of front-line medical workers.

In a statement, CBP said the agencies are “working together to prevent domestic brokers, distributors, and other intermediaries from diverting these critical medical resources overseas.”

The White House weighed in as well.

“Today’s order is another step in our ongoing fight to prevent hoarding, price gouging, and profiteering by preventing the harmful export of critically needed PPE,” the statement said. “It will help ensure that needed PPE is kept in our country and gets to where it is needed to defeat the virus.”

Last week, the president clarified that he will not prevent the sale of PPE to other countries with “long-term contracts,” especially nations hit hard by the coronavirus.

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