Breaking: The administration has placed a moratorium on USAID’s overseas shipments of personal protective gear. Move comes after US asked Thailand for help last week only to be told that a US shipment of the same supplies was already on its way to Bangkok. politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
The government has yet to curtail exports by US companies, however—roughly 280 million masks in US warehouses were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, per Forbes. FEMA told us it “has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas.”
FEMA is now asking USAID to send back most of the reserves of protective gear that USAID has stored in warehouses in Dubai and Miami for use in the U.S. More here from me, @GabbyOrr_ @dlippman @nahaltoosi: politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
