On February 18, 2019, Professor Ferrari gave a talk on “Economic Hardship under the CISG: A Hard Issue”. The talk focused on how the economic crisis has affected long-term international sales agreements. Plummeting prices led to importers wanting to get out of these long-term agreements. Professor Ferrari’s talk addressed the issue of whether the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods answers the question of whether importers can do so or not .