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White House Previews Executive Order to Reduce Medical Supply Chain Dependence on China
breitbart.com ^ | 3/12/20 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 03/13/2020 11:56:07 PM PDT by a little elbow grease

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Wednesday that the White House is considering an executive order to reduce America’s dependence on foreign countries for supplying medical resources.

“China has managed to dominate all aspects of the supply chain using the same unfair trade practices that it has used to dominate other sectors — cheap sweatshop labor, lax environmental regulations and massive government subsidies,” Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro said in an interview with the New York Times.

Navarro indicated that the widespread coronavirus infection demonstrated that the United States depended too much on countries like China.

“This is not just about public health and safety. It’s about our very national defense,” Navarro told reporters on Wednesday.

Navarro said that the order would attempt a “synergistic combo” of streamlining regulations and improving manufacturing technology under the “Buy American” principle voiced by the administration.

Navarro suggested that the executive order could include a proposal to use American funding to purchase “essential” American medical supplies.

“The only way to do that is to make sure that every dollar of government procurement for our essential medicines and medical countermeasures is a dollar spent on ‘Buy American,'” he said.

Sen. Marco Rubio is among Republican senators that have warned about the dangers of America’s medical supply chain becoming too dependent on China, as the coronavirus expands in the United States.

Navarro did not have a specific date set, but he said it would move forward soon. “We’re trying to move quickly in Trump time, which in this case should be in a matter of weeks,” he said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; dependence; medicalsupplies
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From the comments section Don Budge writes:

"Pure Donald Trump...playing the game. To win. A new "common cold" virus? 150,000 confirmed cases worldwide. Under 5,000 fatalities. Confirmed is probably a mere fraction of total cases. Symptoms so mild that they are not on the "radar" and not included in the numbers. So true fatality rate is a fraction of what is being surmised. Anybody still counting the flu? The common cold? How many cases between them?

But The Donald is slick. Even brilliant. He's playing his hand. He will overplay the kill ratio and use it as grounds to divorce China. Bring it all home. All of it. Everything that the politicians gave away the last forty years. Economic nationalism. Steve Bannon style. Bring back...Made in America. There is the end game.

Parlaying a new common cold or flu into the full house. Trump...is trump."

1 posted on 03/13/2020 11:56:07 PM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease

I am looking at this to happen also, bring it ALL home FINALLY I can’t believe how many of our companies have been willing to have their businesses in a commie country with ALL of their trade secrets being stolen every damn day!!!


2 posted on 03/14/2020 12:04:45 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: a little elbow grease

This is a national defense issue, just like the Wall. Only Trump can get it done.


3 posted on 03/14/2020 12:06:16 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: a little elbow grease
China threatens to hold the U.S. hostage.

China hints at denying America drugs

Trump says "You can't quit. You're fired!"

White House Previews Executive Order to Reduce Medical Supply Chain Dependence on China

4 posted on 03/14/2020 12:08:43 AM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: a little elbow grease

The Donald is playing the NWO like a fiddle.


5 posted on 03/14/2020 12:12:06 AM PDT by Hunterb
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To: a little elbow grease

Finally a Marshall Plan for America itself, right?


6 posted on 03/14/2020 12:13:07 AM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Think how much crap they’ve been putting in meds as well. Quality control is non existent.


7 posted on 03/14/2020 12:14:09 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: TigersEye

China has NO hand and yet it threatens.

Who taught them how to negotiate?


8 posted on 03/14/2020 12:18:24 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: StolarStorm
Think how much crap they’ve been putting in meds as well.

________________________

I'd rather not.

:-)

9 posted on 03/14/2020 12:18:55 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: fortheDeclaration
This is a national defense issue, just like the Wall. Only Trump can get it done.

_________________

Your zest for the President is appreciated, but, he is only one man.

He could use some MEN (and great women) to help him.

10 posted on 03/14/2020 12:21:52 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease

Bringing it back can’t come too soon. Yesterday would be a good start. Then he should start going after the people who sold us out in the first place.


11 posted on 03/14/2020 12:24:46 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: thoughtomator
Finally a Marshall Plan for America itself, right?

______________________

Sounds good.

"Give 'em hell, Harry."

12 posted on 03/14/2020 12:25:05 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: dp0622

Jean effin Kerry? lol


13 posted on 03/14/2020 12:34:39 AM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: a little elbow grease

It’s not coming home. It will get distributed to other nations...Mexico, India, etc.


14 posted on 03/14/2020 12:40:32 AM PDT by reardensteel
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To: a little elbow grease

“China has managed to dominate all aspects of the supply chain...”

Well, they did have a “little” help in this...


15 posted on 03/14/2020 12:41:37 AM PDT by Fury
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To: a little elbow grease

Every day with Trump is a move toward a positive for America and Americans.


16 posted on 03/14/2020 12:48:10 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: TigersEye

:)


17 posted on 03/14/2020 12:54:48 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: reardensteel

Even distributing would be a drastic improvement.


18 posted on 03/14/2020 1:01:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: StolarStorm

Think how much crap they’ve been putting in meds as well. Quality control is non existent.
Xxxxxxx

Amen. I took Glipizide from one manufacturer couple days and it worked fine. Then took it from another maker for few days and it did not work very well. Did that for a few rounds and finally figured the one is just not quality med.


19 posted on 03/14/2020 1:14:35 AM PDT by amihow
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I can’t believe what a dang good president Trump is. I marvel more and more each passing day.


20 posted on 03/14/2020 1:15:44 AM PDT by wiley (John 16:33: "In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.")
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