Unusual Measures Ordering Trump GM to Manufacture Ventilator March 28 13:30
President Trump of the United States has ordered a major automaker GM, General Motors, to produce respirators on the 27th. It is based on a 70-year-old law that allows private companies to cooperate under presidential authority, and is gaining attention as an exceptional measure.
In the United States, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, medical systems are being developed in various places, but the serious shortage of respirators required for severely ill patients continues.
Under such circumstances, President Trump said at a press conference on March 27 that he had ordered GM to produce, and that he had to install a ventilator based on the Defense Production Law, which called on private companies to cooperate under President's authority. Revealed that he had ordered it to be manufactured.
The National Defense Production Law was enacted in 1950 to ensure that supplies necessary for the war were carried out at the start of the Korean War. It is attracting attention.
GM had already started working on the production of respirators, but President Trump has said that he has decided to apply the law because GM's response is not enough.
GM commented on this, "We are working day and night to meet the demand for ventilators. We plan to manufacture more than 10,000 units per month from next month."
Due to the shortage of respirators, manufacturers who are not originally engaged in manufacturing are also responding, and Toyota Motor of Japan has announced that it will support production increase of ventilator manufacturing companies in the United States.