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Trump Seeks to Block 3M Mask Exports and Grab Masks from Its Overseas Customers

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is seeking to use powers under a Korean War-era law to cut off 3M’s ability to export surgical masks abroad and to claim more of the masks the Minneapolis company manufactures in other countries for use in the United States. The policy would be a significant expansion of the American

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Coronavirus: New Look delays supplier payments ‘indefinitely’

Image copyright Getty Images New Look says it is suspending payments to suppliers for existing stock “indefinitely”, telling them in a letter that the stock can be collected by its owners. The retailer is also cancelling orders for its Spring and Summer clothing lines and won’t pay costs towards them. New Look told the BBC

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Poultry Workers Fear COVID-19 As Confirmed Cases Grow At Plants

As shoppers clear chicken off grocery store shelves, poultry processing workers are feeling the pressure to meet demand inside crowded plants during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, several plants have workers who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a memo to employees dated March 31 and obtained by HuffPost, Sanderson Farms, one of the largest poultry

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