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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 at an Ontario plant.
FUTURE: US exports to Canada fall. 1/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/n95-ford-trudeau-ppe-covid19-brockville-1.5693766
AUGUST 2020: Canadian government subsidizes 3M investment at an Ontario plant.
FUTURE: US exports to Canada fall. 1/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/n95-ford-trudeau-ppe-covid19-brockville-1.5693766
Here was 3M's extraordinary press release on April 3, after the Trump administration invoked the Defense Production Act, telling 3M to no longer export N95 respirators to Canada 2/
https://news.3m.com/English/3m-stories/3m-details/2020/3M-response-to-Defense-Production-Act-order432020/default.aspx
https://news.3m.com/English/3m-stories/3m-details/2020/3M-response-to-Defense-Production-Act-order432020/default.aspx
On April 17, 2020, the Trump administration backed off. It issued a revised rule exempting "Shipments for Which the Final Destination is Canada or Mexico."
But Trump's damage was already done. For Canada, the US was now an unreliable supplier 3/ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/21/2020-08542/prioritization-and-allocation-of-certain-scarce-or-threatened-health-and-medical-resources-for
But Trump's damage was already done. For Canada, the US was now an unreliable supplier 3/ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/21/2020-08542/prioritization-and-allocation-of-certain-scarce-or-threatened-health-and-medical-resources-for
August 21, 2020
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday to announce a deal aimed at ensuring Canada is never again at the mercy of UNRELIABLE FOREIGN SUPPLIERS of personal protective equipment during a pandemic."
ENDS/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-ford-unveil-deal-to-produce-n95-masks-at-brockville-ont-3m-plant-1.5073486
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday to announce a deal aimed at ensuring Canada is never again at the mercy of UNRELIABLE FOREIGN SUPPLIERS of personal protective equipment during a pandemic."
ENDS/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-ford-unveil-deal-to-produce-n95-masks-at-brockville-ont-3m-plant-1.5073486
