The story says the US doesn't have the raw material(s): NBR. Not quite sure what that is.
With all the chemical industry already in the US, and $1B to throw at it, production capacity for the raw material couldn't be included?
It's not like you need a metric ton of it to produce a box of gloves.
NBR = nitrile butadiene rubber, a synthetic rubber. Not really a raw material, as it's synthesized.