Biden takes on baby formula shortage

Published May 13, 2022 at 1:33 PM EDT

President Biden discussed the baby formula shortage Thursday with officials from companies that make it and retailers that sell it. The administration is looking at foreign imports of formula or possibly invoking the Defense Production Act.

Mike Regan, senior editor at Bloomberg News, joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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