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=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
In March 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]], Trump signed Executive Order 13911, naming Peter Navarro as the [[Defense Production Act]] policy coordinator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/01/2020-06969/delegating-additional-authority-under-the-defense-production-act-with-respect-to-health-and-medical|title=Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act Concerning Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19|date=April 1, 2020|website=Federal Register|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> and giving the OTMP authority to marshal federal resources as the US faced potential shortfalls in necessary hardware such as [[ventilator]]s and [[personal protective equipment]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Leary | first1=Alex | title='This is War': President's Equipment Czar to Use Full Powers to Fight Coronavirus | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | date=March 28, 2020 | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | access-date=November 17, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329005602/https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | archive-date=March 29, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
In March 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]], Trump signed Executive Order 13911, naming Peter Navarro as the [[Defense Production Act]] policy coordinator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/01/2020-06969/delegating-additional-authority-under-the-defense-production-act-with-respect-to-health-and-medical|title=Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act Concerning Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19|date=April 1, 2020|website=Federal Register|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> and giving the OTMP authority to marshal federal resources as the US faced potential shortfalls in necessary hardware such as [[ventilator]]s and [[personal protective equipment]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Leary | first1=Alex | title='This is War': President's Equipment Czar to Use Full Powers to Fight Coronavirus | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | date=March 28, 2020 | work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date=November 17, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329005602/https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | archive-date=March 29, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Directors==
==Directors==
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=== Trade ===
=== Trade ===
In May 2019, the OTMP published a report analyzing the potential economic impact of the United States Reciprocal Trade Act, a bill proposed in January 2019 that would enable the President to impose reciprocal [[tariffs]] on trade partners who do not lower corresponding tariffs or [[non-tariff barriers]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RTAReport.pdf?mod=article_inline|title=The United States Reciprocal Trade Act: Estimated Job & Trade Deficit Effects | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> The bill never advanced beyond Committee.
In May 2019, the OTMP published a report analyzing the potential economic impact of the United States Reciprocal Trade Act, a bill proposed in January 2019 that would enable the President to impose reciprocal [[tariffs]] on trade partners who do not lower corresponding tariffs or [[non-tariff barriers]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RTAReport.pdf?mod=article_inline|title=The United States Reciprocal Trade Act: Estimated Job & Trade Deficit Effects | work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> The bill never advanced beyond Committee.


=== Manufacturing ===
=== Manufacturing ===