Chad P. Bown
ChadBown
Vaccine export restrictions and viral variants are the symptoms. The world is struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. What to do?Scale up 'Operation Warp Speed' globally, to get billions of
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APRIL 2020: Trump administration tells 3M it cannot export PPE to Canada, threatening to cut Canada off from a key supplier of N95 masks.AUGUST 2020: Canadian government subsidizes 3M investment
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For TARIFFS, what could this mean for the trade war?Background: HK is a separate customs territory from China• HK applies its own MFN tariffs (0.0%) to imports from US• US
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COVID-19Trump just put strict limits on American medical supply exports. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau warned Trump that doing so was a mistake.How Trump's latest trade policy may exacerbate shortages facing
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April 3, 2020: Trump announces he will use the Defense Production Act to now commandeer international trade in masks and other PPE.Historical note: Trump continued to impose his trade war
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1/ FACTS: It took until March 17 for Trump to finally REMOVE his own trade war tariffs on imports of masks from China. Until March 17, he didn't want imports
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