OREANDA-NEWS. Reuters news agency reports that at a briefing on the combat against coronavirus infection, US President Donald Trump declared that he will sign the Defense Production Act, which will give an opportunity to increase the production of masks, respirators, ventilators and other necessary equipment to fight the epidemic.

“We're going to defeat the invisible enemy,” the politician said, adding that the unfolding crisis made him a “war-time president.”

The Defense Production Act was adopted in September 1950 against the backdrop of the outbreak of the Korean War. This law gave the US president the right to require that business entities sign contracts or fulfill orders necessary for national defense needs in the context of the Cold War.