The United States is in talks with its friends, including India, for restructuring global supply chains, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo recently said, praising New Delhi for lifting the export ban on critical medical supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We're working with our friends in Australia, India and Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam to share information and best practices as we begin to move the global economy forward," he said addressing a news conference in Washington.The United States is in talks with its friends for restructuring global supply chains, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has said. "We're working with our friends in Australia, India and Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam to share information and best practices as we begin to move the global economy forward," he told a news conference.#
"Our conversation certainly involved global supply chains, keeping them running smoothly, getting our economies back to full strength and thinking about how we restructure the supply change chains to prevent something like this from ever happening again," he was quoted as saying by global newswires.
"One example of our work together is with India. It has lifted export bans on critical medical supplies, including pharmaceuticals, used to treat some COVID-19 patients,” Pompeo said.
Over the last few weeks, Pompeo has spoken over phone multiple times with India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar.
Pompeo said the US government has provided over $32 million in funding to support the COVID-19 response in Pacific island countries.
"We're working with the Burmese government, the United Nations, NGOs, and others to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Burma [Myanmar], including among vulnerable populations,” he said.
He said Americans have devoted nearly $6.5 billion in government and non-government contributions to help countries fight COVID-19.
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