Employees work on a production line manufacturing face masks at a factory, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China February 15, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS/File Photo
Forbes: China’s Export Restrictions Reportedly Delaying Medical Supply Shipments To U.S.
New restrictions on China’s exports that were designed for quality control are instead delaying medical supply shipments to the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, as the U.S. fights to control the world’s largest coronavirus outbreak and healthcare workers face shortages of the supplies.
Key Facts
Face masks and coronavirus tests are among the goods being held up, the WSJ reported, citing an obtained U.S. State Department memo and businesses.
Among the companies impacted: 3M, Cellex, Inc., Emory Healthcare, General Electric, Owens & Minor Inc. and PerkinElmer, Inc., according to the WSJ.
China’s new export restrictions were implemented in April, and require goods to be certified by the country’s National Medical Products Administration as a stamp of quality control, and requires some products, such as masks, to be checked multiple times.
Some companies were able to get products shipped following negotiations with the Chinese government, while others remain in limbo, the WSJ reported.
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Update: American Shipments of Coronavirus Supplies Stranded in China Under Export Restrictions (NRO)
WNU Editor: China's excuse is that they want to do additional quality inspections on these products .... China imposes more checks on mask exports to ensure quality control (Reuters), and that there are no plans to limit medical exports .... China says no plans to limit export of anti-virus supplies (AP). This makes no sense to me. These products are made by U.S. companies in China conforming to U.S. regulations and standards, and the customer is the U.S.. So why the extra bureaucracy? My answer .... welcome to doing business in China.
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So a virus from China kills scores of people around the World, including in the USA - right now - which is at its peak of deaths - and China comes up with an excuse to not send the masks. Classy.
The World will not forget
"China imposes more checks on mask exports to ensure quality control" - Reuters
Funny, but there were no checks or not enough checks on drywall that made people sick or dog food that killed pets.
What about the milk spiked with melamine in China? It killed or blinded many people before the government acted. Because they did not want to lose their work force or because they did not want to lose their mandate?
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