智利矿业部启动锂项目的信息请求（RFI）程序：第907号豁免决议详细说明程序和例外情况
2024年4月15日，智利矿业部根据智利政府先前制定的“国家锂战略”发布了第907号豁免决议（“决议”），批准了由矿业部领导的信息请求（“RFI”）程序的启动，以了解市场和行业对开发从盐湖或其他未被排除的矿床中勘探、开采和生产锂及其衍生品项目的意向。这些信息将有助于智利政府制定机制，以确定与之签订特殊锂业务合同 (“CEOL”) 的私人承包商，以及为此目的而优先考虑的盐滩或其他锂矿床。
Seizing Golden Opportunities in Mexico Through Nearshoring
A famous Mexican president once said, “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the U.S.” Little did he know at the time that such proximity would someday hold tremendous economic opportunity.
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Relief Measures for Businesses in Myanmar
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Myanmar’s economy and businesses have seen a significant slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To curb with this slowdown, the Myanmar government has come out with various measures that are intended to provide relief to the affected businesses. The various relief measures implemented across the government ministries are as follows:
Financial Relief for Priority Sectors
The Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry (“MOPFI”) issued Notification No. 1/2020 on 18 March 2020 stating that businesses in the cut, make and pack sector, hotels, tourism companies, and small and medium enterprises (“Priority Sectors”) are entitled to the following reliefs:
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Validity of Electronic Signatures in Myanmar
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The COVID-19 pandemic impacts all aspects of our daily lives. Government authorities around the world have imposed various measures to reduce physical contact among people, including travel bans and movement restrictions (i.e., stay-at-home orders). Nevertheless, business transactions can still be performed by electronic means, including electronic communication/transmission and execution by e-signature. Reflecting changing needs, Myanmar also allows electronic signature documents to be exhibited as evidence in its courts and recognizes the legal validity of electronic signatures inserted onto commercial documents. Still, questions remain about the validity of electronic signatures for important transactions.
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COVID-19 in Myanmar: Impact on Commercial Contracts and Employment
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The coronavirus outbreak is having a significant impact on the global economy and markets. As the coronavirus sweeps around the world, emerging and frontier countries like Myanmar face more challenges.
Since March 2020, the Myanmar government has introduced several immigration measures to reduce the transmission, including temporary suspension of issuing all types of visas and compulsory quarantine requirement for all travelers entering Myanmar. The Myanmar government also subsequently imposed a movement restriction requesting all residents to stay at home during the Thingyan festival (Myanmar New Year), in conjunction with the immigration measures.
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