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Part I In February 2020, the world began to slow down due to a new virus spreading quickly. My March, the number of cases had grown exponentially, and states began to take certain measures to protect their citizens. Newland is a small, industrialized country near Europe with a population of 12 million people. They are mostly a homogenous society with very little of the society traveling outside the country and limited travel into the country due to the cold weather and high cost of living. On the 15th of March, Newland closed all non-essential and non-economic traffic going into and out of its country. Oldland a neighboring country to Newland, is not as industrialized as Newland. It is located to the south and is much bigger in size and population, totaling 35 million people. Oldland and Newland are both members of the World Trade Organization but do not have any special agreements between the two countries regarding trade. In early April, as Newland ordered all of its businesses to close and people to shelter-in-place. Businesses were allowed to continue on a limited basis, only performing essential services like providing groceries and medical supplies. ACME Ltd. is a manufacturing company from Oldland and generates 75% of its revenue from Newland. ACME specializes in automotive parts and can produce products from metals, textiles, and plastics. Skylar, a popular automotive company from Newland, saw its new car sales drop 95% in the month of March and the beginning half of April. It anticipated that its sales would not pick up until August. As a result, it ordered all of its factories and dealerships to close down until 15 July 2020. In September 2019, Sklyar and ACME entered into a $1.5 billion-dollar contract for automotive parts. The purpose of the contract was to provide parts for Skylar cars and trucks for the years 2020 and 2021. Under the deal, ACME would deliver a certain amount of parts per month and Skylar would pay within 30 days of receiving the parts. On 1 April 2020, ACME entered into a $10 million-dollar contract with Corona, the capital city of Newland, to provide FFP3 respirator masks for medical workers and city employees. ACME advertised that its manufacturing company could provide medical grade masks even though it was an automotive parts company. Corona paid upfront and 8 times the normal price of similar masks to made and delivered as soon as possible. On 21 April 2020, ACME delivered Question 1. In April 2020, Skylar informed ACME that it would be freezing the contract due to the pandemic sweeping the world. Discuss the legal issues that main arise between ACME and Skylar. Question 2. Upon inspection of the masks, Corona realized the masks were not up to the FFP3 standard and could not be used by its medical workers, perhaps only by its city employees. Discuss the legal issues that could arise between ACME and the City of Corona. Part II In May, Newland decided to rebuild its own supply chains and domestic manufacturing industry after the catastrophic deal with ACME. To meet the needs of this pandemic and future pandemics, Newland sought to create a national stockpile of supplies. This stockpile is to be filled by suppliers from Newland or companies located outside of Newland with plants in the country and a minimum of 35% ownership by Newland citizens and companies. The reason for this was twofold: first, to rebuild the manufacturing industry in Newland to protect against future reliance on other states and their manufacturing industries, and two, pay a premium for the contract to help the reemerging industry bring jobs and plants to the country. The Parliament enacted a procurement law outlining the reasons (as stated above) for creating the national stockpile and the process to be taken. First, companies would show that it met the outlined criteria; second, it had to present a plan to bring a plant and jobs to the state; third, it had to demonstrate its ability to provide high-quality products; and lastly, each item had to meet Newland’s newly formed regulatory body’s standards and not just the equivalent standards of other states. Selection of the contract would go through a small group of advisors to the government, with no ability to appeal the final decision. To date, this group of advisors have selected other contracts with ties to the governments closest supporters. Global newspapers have documented the persons and groups who have benefitted most. Lastly, due to the fiasco with ACME, Newland required that all masks made in Oldland be submitted for random testing to ensure compliance with safety standards. Supplies being sold from other states were not submitted to the random safety testing upon entry into the Newland. The new measures harm Oldland’s manufacturing companies whose main source of income is in Newland. Other states are not subjected to the new measures and slowly encroach on Oldland companies business partners and establish new deals with them. Question 3. Discuss the legal implications of Newland’s new law to reestablish its manufacturing industry. Question 4. Discuss the legal implications of Newland’s treatment of Oldland companies.