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Days after ventilator DPA order, White House has done little to push GM (Politico)

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ICU anaesthesia ventilator workstation in the emergency room in stand by mode.

The administration has not been able to verify whether GM has made any progress since the Defense Production Act was invoked.

President Donald Trump invoked sweeping war powers last week to demand that General Motors start producing ventilators, but so far his administration has done little to enforce the order.

The president’s top trade official, Peter Navarro, told Politico the administration has not been able to verify whether GM has made any progress since the Defense Production Act was invoked, raising questions about whether the full powers of the federal government are being used to urgently produce ventilators…

To read the entire article from Politico, click https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/white-house-general-motors-defense-production-act-161833