Posted on 05/14/2020 7:20:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The White House is preparing to require that some essential drugs be made in the U.S. as the Trump administration tries to limit dependency on China for medical supplies, sources told CNBC.
An executive order, proposed by White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, will streamline regulatory approvals for “American-made” products and impose similar Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrictions on U.S. facilities as those abroad. It will also encourage government agencies to only buy American-made medical products.
The order could reportedly come as soon as Friday.
According to the FDA, 90 percent of drugs in the U.S. are imported, and the vast majority of those are from China. Lawmakers and administration officials have sounded the alarm over potential supply chain issues that could arise if the country continues to depend on China for medical resources.
Trump told workers at a distribution center in Pennsylvania Thursday that he signed an executive order giving the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation the ability to issue low-interest loans to companies producing supplies to combat the pandemic, according to NPR.
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They could start by putting country of origin on the #!^) bottle instead of “packaged for...”
“Some”? How ‘bout... ALL? If it’s essential, it needs to be made here, on our soil, by our people.
“They could start by putting country of origin on the #!^) bottle instead of “packaged for...””
That should be required for all products sold in the US, including meat and produce.
I’m safe, mine come from India./s
And computer chips, computers.
Rare earth metals.
Steel.
Let's hope this is the wake-up call we've been hoping for.
This 'crisis' has proven we can't depend on other nations for our basic security.
If this had been a war, how would we have mobilized to manufacture anything essential?
How about domestically made Ambien now that the Messiah is gone along with his complaint that they didn’t give him enough money!
According to the FDA, 90 percent of drugs in the U.S. are imported, and the vast majority of those are from China.
This country owes a huge vote of thanks to Peter Navarro.
Trump is an AMERICA FIRST President.
Hillary would have been TAX AMERICA FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS.
Give more and more money to our enemies: an AMERICA LAST President.
"Made in America with ingredients sourced from outside the US"
I like this one: "Made in China, designed in America"
I bought a toothbrush the other day that said "Made in the USA" followed by (in small print) "Assembled in America of parts made elsewhere" How many ways can they say "Made in America.....sort of, but not really"?
Make it all here and keep the f’ing unions out to keep it affordable!
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What we should be getting from China,
Should have been done decades ago.
Good one, Mr. President.
never let a good crisis go to waste ... i’ve got a feeling that the C-19 BS is going to give President Trump the basis to actually, for real, fundamentally transform the USA, and not in the way the leftists want, but the way we Americans want ...
executive order = useless
Needs to be legislation
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