U.S., March 18 -- US President Trump today named COVID-19 the Chinese Virus and in one sentence said the United States would activate the Defense Production Act is a United States federal law enacted on September 8, 1950, in response to the start of the Korean War. It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War. Its implementing regulations, the Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS). The Act has been reauthorized over 50 times. It has been periodically amended and remains in force.

Activating will speed up the processing time it takes to manufacture medical supplies and is a good move. It doesn't mean a declaration of war against China, but the choice of words by President Trump ...