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		</div><p>US President Donald Trump said his administration will try to stop <em>“profiteers”</em> from exporting medical protective gear during the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p>It comes after 3M, a major producer and exporter of protective face masks, said the proposed block on exports would raise <em>“significant humanitarian implications”</em>.</p>
<p>The spat began on Thursday, when Mr Trump used his authority under the 1950 Defence Production Act to direct the government to acquire the <em>“appropriate”</em> number of N95 respirators from 3M and its subsidiaries.</p>
<p>Nearly all of 3M’s exports of high-grade N95 masks go to Canada and Latin America, and Canadian officials led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau lobbied Trump administration officials not to cut off part of their supply.</p>
<p>The Minnesota-based company was worried that other countries could retaliate by withholding much-needed medical supplies from the US.</p>
<p>Despite this, Mr Trump announced that he will direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prevent the export of N95 masks, surgical gloves and other medical protective gear.</p>
<p>He said exceptions might be made to help Italy and Spain, which have been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p><em>“We are not happy with 3M,”</em> Mr Trump added during a White House briefing.</p>
<p>The N95 masks, also called respirators, provide more protection against the virus that causes Covid-19 than ordinary surgical masks.</p>
<p>Governors and hospital officials around the country have warned of a dire shortage of masks and other protective gear for health care workers treating infected patients.</p>
<p>3M chief executive Mike Roman said Mr Trump’s insinuation that the company was doing something wrong was <em>“absurd.”</em></p>
<p><em>“The idea that we are not doing everything we can to maximise deliveries of respirators in our home country – nothing is further from the truth,”</em> he told CNBC.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We hit 3M hard today after seeing what they were doing with their Masks. “P Act” all the way. Big surprise to many in government as to what they were doing &#8211; will have a big price to pay!</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1245876816922972162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The company said stopping the export of respirators would cause other countries to stop shipments to the US, leading to fewer respirators being available.</p>
<p><em>“That is the opposite of what we and the Administration, on behalf of the American people, both seek,”</em> the company said in a statement.</p>
<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said essential health supplies and workers flow both ways across the border, and blocking exports of 3M masks would be a mistake.</p>
<p><em>“I think of the thousands of nurses who cross the bridge in Windsor to work in the Detroit medical system every day,”</em> Mr Trudeau said. <em>“These are things American rely on.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just got off the phone with Ambassador Lighthizer regarding the U.S. government’s new order. The health and well-being of our frontline workers depend on these essential medical items and now more than ever our countries need to work together to combat COVID-19.</p>
<p>&mdash; Doug Ford (@fordnation) <a href="https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/1246095000947097606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Doug Ford, premier of Ontario province, said he protested to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, expressing concern that Mr Trump could create a shortage of masks for Canadian doctors and nurses.</p>
<p><em>“The health and well-being of our frontline workers depend on these essential medical items and now more than ever our countries need to work together to combat Covid-19,”</em> Mr Ford tweeted.</p>
<p>Others, however, said allowing the company to export masks could threaten safety of Americans.</p>
<p><em>“The claim that it is humanitarian to ship masks that could have saved American lives to other countries will astonish and anger a lot of American customers of 3M,”</em> said Erik Gordon, a business professor at the University of Michigan.</p>
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