In the race to get masks, other medical equipment from China to combat the coronavirus, competitors outpaced the U.S., which lacked a coordinated plan.
In the rush for coronavirus supplies, major medical companies get a special deal from the Trump administration
The Trump administration was also slow to clarify regulations about which protective masks could be imported from China, further holding up the flow of supplies to American hospitals and others on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. This inflamed bilateral relations already raw from a two-year trade war and further complicated efforts by U.S. companies to secure medical supplies from Chinese manufacturers and export them to America, business leaders in the U.S. and China said.
The swift spread of the pandemic has strained health systems in even some of the world’s wealthiest nations,and Italy, both of which have wrestled with serious shortages of medical supplies. The effort has faced challenges, including quality issues that have also dogged medical supply imports to the U.S. during the crisis, said Dr. Stephan Hofmeister, vice president of the KBV, one of Germany’s most important physician organizations. “But it’s an organized system. It’s centralized. And once the federal government gets supplies, it disburses them throughout the country to medical offices.
But it was not until April 2 that the U.S. State Department contacted the American Chamber of Commerce for help vetting potential Chinese suppliers.
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