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Re:Tesla Strikes Deal With Shanghai to Build Factory in China by nitrogen on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:54AM (#15531210)
I am not a lawyer, but something like this might apply: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel#Promissory_estoppel
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Re:Tesla Strikes Deal With Shanghai to Build Factory in China by aptwebapps on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:32AM (#15531638)
I'm very hesitant to play lawyer but the first sentence from the second paragraph of that section is, "A promise made without consideration is generally not enforceable."
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