White House orders 3M to halt N95 mask exports to Canadian health workers, firm says: "There are significant humanitarian implications of ceasing respirator supplies to health care workers in Canada...where we are a critical supplier" scmp.com/news/world/uni… via @scmpnews
In addition to cutting off Canadian health workers, 3M suggests retaliation from other nations would result in net decrease of N95s in the US, too
3M CEO Mike Roman says firm will comply, but warns there will be consequences for health workers in Canada, where he says 3M is the "primary supplier" of N95s for health workers (as per interview with @CNBC)
Interview with 3M's Mike Roman here, in which he says that although the company exports masks to Canada and LatAm, 3M is a net importer of N95s into the US, via its overseas factories, "and we’ve been telling the administration [that] for days and days"
Also says firm will comply with DPA but there are "going to be consequences on a humanitarian level. We are often the sole provider of those respirators in countries around the world."
