3M warns Trump: Halting exports under Defense Production Act would reduce number of masks available to U.S.

3M warned that the Trump administration’s request for the company to stop exporting respirator masks could make the protective gear less available in the U.S. The American manufacturing giant shared that caution a day after President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force 3M to produce respirator masks. The company said it was already working with the administration on getting more masks to the U.S.