On April 10, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a temporary final rule to restrict the US exports of personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to preserve certain scarce medical resources for the domestic battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).… Continue Reading
This post is being published for The Trade Practitioner as part of a content partnership with our Global Supply Chain Law Blog. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy needs not restating. The saying “desperate times call for desperate measures” fits the current environment well. Governments throughout the world have instituted or are considering … Continue Reading
On March 18, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on prioritizing and allocating health and medical resources to respond to the spread of COVID-19 in the US, citing the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).… Continue Reading
