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"This agreement will be governed and construed under PRC laws without regard to choice of law principles, and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this agreement.Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
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The clause states: “This agreement will be governed and construed under PRC laws without regard to choice of law principles, and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this agreement.”
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