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EXPLAINER: Companies consider force majeure as coronavirus spreads For the latest developments around the new coronavirus outbreak, follow our liveblog:

- As the coronavirus outbreak in China shows no signs of abating any time soon, some companies that buy and sell goods in the Chinese market are considering the legal defense of force majeure.

The underlying event must be unforeseeable and not the result of actions undertaken by the party invoking force majeure. Natural disasters, strikes, and terrorist attacks can all be force majeure events.IS THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK A FORCE MAJEURE EVENT? The coronavirus is “not carte blanche to say force majeure,” said Scannapieco, a shareholder at law firm Baker Donelson. “You have look at the facts and circumstances.”Cross-border deals typically include clauses that allow for non-performance during force majeure events, said Vanessa Miller, a U.S. lawyer at Foley & Lardner. These clauses are sometimes “cut and paste” and “not reviewed as carefully as they ought to be,” Miller said.

French oil major Total said a day later it had rejected a force majeure notice from an unnamed Chinese LNG buyer, the first global energy supplier to push back publicly against such an effort.

 

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