PSA supplier in China gets 'force majeure' slip

A staff member from a local sanitation and epidemic prevention team checks body temperature of a passenger in a car at a toll station in Wuhan. (Reuters)

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Chunying Zhang

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Bloomberg

February 11, 2020 01:56 PM

SHANGHAI -- A supplier became one of the earliest known companies to obtain a "force majeure" certificate in China that may help it avoid penalties for breaching contractual obligations because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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