From Europe to South America, U.S. allies are complaining about the superpower's "Wild West" tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical supplies. Watch | Trump talks about the U.S.'s stockpile of vital medical supplies:In a Saturday press conference, U.S. President Donald Trump said 3M is making 180 million N95 masks for the United States. A spokesperson for 3M told Reuters the company had no evidence its products had been seized. Boxes of N95 masks for use by medical field personnel are seen at a New York emergency operations incident command centre during the outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y., on March 17. Watch | Why N95 masks are so important:The Trump administration is telling one of the world's leading manufacturers of N95 masks that it should stop exporting masks to Canada and Latin America.

Source: CBC News April 05, 2020 15:45 UTC