According to Art. 67 of Decree No. 250, the tendering agency may establish the obligation to constitute a company of Chilean nationality or an agency in case a foreign company wins a public tender.

Chile is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 1997.

Act No. 20,848 sets forth that foreign investors shall be treated in the same manner as local investors. Consequently, it is forbidden to discriminate against a foreign investor or a company that is majority- or minority-owned by these types of investors. Art. 9 states that foreign investors are subject to the same legal regime as national investors without arbitrary discrimination.

According to the App Transportation Companies Act (EAT), which regulates paid passenger transportation services offered through applications, any company wishing to provide passenger transportation services through applications must be registered in the Registry of App Transportation Companies supervised by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and be domiciled in Chile (Art. 4).
According to Art. 1, an application transport company covers any legal person that provides or makes available to persons a digital platform service, computer system or technology of any kind which allows a passenger to contact the owner, manager or driver of a small passenger transport vehicle, to be transported from a given origin to a given destination, upon payment of a fee for the service received.

Under Art. 5 of the Fintech Law, the entry into the Financial Market Commission (CMF) Register of Financial Service Providers is a prerequisite for the provision of technology-based financial services, including (a) crowdfunding platforms, (b) the operation of alternative trading systems, (c) credit and investment advice, (d) custody of financial instruments and (e) order routing and financial instrument intermediation. International businesses providing these services must be domiciled in Chile. Art. 5 mentions some entities exempt from this requirement.

Art. 2 of the Industrial Property Act states that natural or legal persons residing abroad must designate a proxy or representative in Chile to file a patent application. A patent must be registered with the National Institute for Industrial Property (INAPI). An application should be filed before the invention is disclosed to the public. A prior foreign application can be invoked in Chile within a certain period of time. The patent must fulfil three main requirements: novelty, level of invention, and industrial application.

The Consumer Protection Act (Chapter 14:44) of 2019 provides a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions.

Zimbabwe has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Zimbabwe has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Zimbabwe has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

According to Section 62, the telecommunication apparatus requires approval of the Authority before it is connected for use by a licensee. As a basis of approval, the Authority may publish a notice in the Gazette establishing standards to which an apparatus of a specified description shall conform to be approved. It is reported that self-declaration of conformity is not allowed in Zimbabwe.

According to Art. 47 of the Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement, users are restricted to only one mobile wallet account per person and a daily transfer limit of ZW 5,000 (approx. USD 50). This applies to individuals for person-to-person transfers, person-to-merchant payments for goods and services, bill settlement and purchase of airtime. In addition, pursuant to Art. 50 merchants are not allowed to make payments from their wallets. This is also the case for agent mobile money wallets, which have been abolished by the Policy. In this regard, users can no longer make transactions through mobile money agents. It is reported that this is likely to affect customers in rural Zimbabwe who rely on the agents to access mobile money services. These agents gave rural consumers the opportunity to integrate into the financial system.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 10, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Zimbabwe has a telecommunications authority: The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ). However, it is reported that this entity is not fully independent.

Section 8 of the Postal and Telecommunications (Subscriber Registration) Regulations of 2014 stipulated that subscriber information in the telecom sector must not be transferred outside the Republic of Zimbabwe. An amendment in 2019 introduced new provisions. According to the revised Section 8, if transferring subscriber information to a foreign host becomes necessary or unavoidable for operational purposes, the service provider must ensure that the data is encrypted to prevent it from being read by the foreign host. The local service provider is required to retain the encryption keys to prevent unauthorised access. Additionally, before entering into any storage arrangement, the service provider must submit a report on data protection measures and hosting agreements to the relevant authority. Furthermore, the service provider must obtain clear, affirmative consent in writing from the subscriber for the transfer of personal data and must not sell, trade, or share the transferred data.
Reports indicate that the approvals of the regulators for data transfers are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.