Which of the following statements about personal protective equipment (PPE) is false. Multiple Choice The shortages of PPE placed an upward pressure on the price of PPE China refused to export PPEs to the U.S. in retaliation to tariffs placed by President Trump. U.S. hospitals had a small stockpile of PPE because the price of PPEs had risen after President Trump's tariffs on U.S. imports China has a comparative advantage in the production of PPE