Trump Orders GM to Make Ventilators Under Defense Production Law
- President has been reluctant to use law in coronavirus crisis
- Before signing order, he assailed GM and its CEO, Mary Barra
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President Donald Trump on Friday ordered General Motors Co. to make ventilators for coronavirus patients, invoking a federal law that gives him vast powers over industry in crises, just as the company is within weeks of starting production on the equipment.