Returning Production of Essential Medicines Back to America

President Donald J. Trump announced his plan to end Joe Biden’s pharmaceutical shortages and return the manufacture of life-saving drugs to the United States.
President Donald J. Trump announced his plan to end Joe Biden’s pharmaceutical shortages and return the manufacture of life-saving drugs to the United States.
“This is not just a public health crisis, it's a national security crisis,” President Trump said. “As part of my plan to obtain total independence from China, we will phase in tariffs and import restrictions to bring back production of all essential medicines to the United States of America where they belong. I signed an executive order to begin this process in 2020 but Biden has shamefully failed to follow through.”
President Trump took historic action in 2020 to ensure essential medicines were produced in the United States but Joe Biden reversed the order in 2021. Now, there are severe shortages of over 295 medications—a record five-year high.