Trump invokes production law to compel GM to supply ventilators
(The Guardian United States)

President shifted position on Defense Production Act after criticism for playing down equipment shortage amid pandemicCoronavirus - live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump has bowed to overwhelming pressure and invoked a law that enables him to compel General Motors to mass produce breathing equipment for coronavirus sufferers.For days the US president has resisted calls to use the Defense Production Act (DPA), claiming `we´re a country not based on nationalsing our business` and even drawing comparisons with the socialist government of Venezuela. Continue reading...