President Trump and aides say they are hitting companies 'hard' with wartime demands for ventilators, masks and other equipment to fight coronavirus, but the details have been less muscular than the rhetoric.
What is Trump asking from GM?
Most lawmakers have zeroed in on the president's power to require a company to prioritize government orders or take control of the distribution of products – such as ventilators – needed in an emergency. Both of those powers would require the government to send a formal order to GM stipulating certain points, such as specific delivery dates and which government regulations were be used to justify the order.
"The government and the company are generally trying to find out what's doable," said Tompkins, who was speaking generally about the process and declined to discuss any action taken against specific companies.What is Trump asking from 3M?
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