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Trump Says He’s Invoking Defense Production Act for Coronavirus

Trump Says He’s Invoking Defense Production Act for Coronavirus

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he’ll invoke the Defense Production Act to address the coronavirus outbreak.

The law gives the government more latitude in emergencies to direct industrial production. “We will be invoking the Defense Production Act,” Trump said at a White House news conference on Wednesday.

He didn’t say how he would use the authority.

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