Philips says U.S. 取引,協定 will enable it to ramp up ventilator 生産/産物

AMSTERDAM, April 8 (Reuters) - Dutch health 科学(工学)技術 company Philips said on Wednesday it struck a を取り引きする the White House that will enable it to 意味ありげに ramp up its 生産/産物 of hospital ventilators as 約束d.

Philips said it would 配達する the U.S. 政府 43,000 hospital ventilators, an 必須の 道具 for the 治療 of 患者s struggling with the novel coronavirus 病気 COVID-19, throughout the 残り/休憩(する) of the year for a total sum of $647 million.

As part of the 取引,協定, 大統領 Donald Trump has ordered 供給者s to prioritise their 出荷/船積みs to the two U.S. factories where Philips produces its ventilators, 大統領 Frans 先頭 Houten told Reuters.

Philips will be 許すd to continue its 出荷/船積みs of ventilators to the 残り/休憩(する) of the world, where the 器具s are also in high 需要・要求する.

"This helps", 先頭 Houten said in a 言及/関連 to Trump's use of the 弁護 生産/産物 行為/法令/行動する (DPA), a 法律 dating 支援する to the Korean War of the 1950s that 認めるs the U.S. 大統領,/社長 広範囲にわたる 当局 to 促進する and 拡大する the 供給(する) of 資源s from U.S. factories.

"We (機の)カム to a good 解答 and now we can 焦点(を合わせる) on その上の 増加するing 生産/産物", 先頭 Houten said.

Philips earlier 警告するd that 保護貿易論者 対策 such as the DPA could jeopardise its 約束 to 速く 増加する 生産/産物 of 批判的な 医療の 供給(する)s for the diagnosis and care of coronavirus 患者s.

The company said last month it would ramp up 生産/産物 of hospital ventilators to 4,000 a week by the third 4半期/4分の1, after having 二塁打d it to 1,000 部隊s per week in March.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Bart Meijer; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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