He also hinted that the goal of the policy was to facilitate direct sale of drugs to Americans at the most-favored nation price by cutting out middlemen, presumably a reference to the pharmacy benefit managers who negotiate drug prices on behalf of insurers and companies. Drugmakers have long blamed them for the high prices Americans pay.

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday morning that promises to crack down on “unreasonable practices” by foreign countries that suppress drug prices abroad, a White House official said.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign a wide-reaching executive order on Monday directing drugmakers to lower the prices of their medicines to align with what other countries pay. White House officials said the government will give drugmakers price targets in the next 30 days,