("But they need us more than we need them".)France has forced a face mask manufacturer to cancel a major UK order as the coronavirus-inspired scramble for protective gear intensifies.
The National Health Service ordered millions of masks from Valmy SAS near Lyon earlier this year as COVID-19 threatened.
But amid a global shortage, France earlier this week ordered the requisition of all protective masks made in the country.
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