The executive order directs Trump's administration to take actions against "discriminatory" policies in foreign countries that suppress drug prices.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order on prescription drug pricing next to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard