GM ordered to produce ventilators under Defense Production Act

President Donald Trump, center, during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference, with Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, at the White House on Thursday. (BLOOMBERG)

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Staff and wire report

March 27, 2020 03:57 PM

President Donald Trump, accusing the company of "wasting time" while the federal government faces mounting pressure to marshal more resources to stem the deadly coronavirus outbreak, invoked emergency powers and ordered General Motors on Friday to produce ventilators under the Defense Production Act.

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