Lawyers at Hogan Lovells recently found themselves trying to unravel a stubborn supply chain kink in Mexico, where quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus meant several international clients were unable to produce items for an industry deemed essential in the U.S.
“Because a certain component is built in Mexico, and nowhere else, for these companies in the U.S., they don’t have anywhere else to go,” said Jorge Yañez, a partner at Hogan Lovells in Mexico. “They don’t have a plan B right now for those components. They just have their supplier in Mexico, and that’s it.”
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