E-commerce regulation
EU Opens Its First Chinese Subsidy Investigation Into JD.com’s Ceconomy Bid
After the recent news of JD.com planning to strategically expand into Europe by acquiring Ceconomy, regulators in the EU are ...
Businesses Are Pushing Back on Vietnam’s New Ecommerce Rules, and They Have a Point
With the Vietnamese ecommerce industry exploding as of late, it makes sense for the government to introduce new regulations and ...
Temu Gets a €200M Reality Check From Brussels
The EU has fined the Chinese shopping giant for letting illegal products slip through its platform. It is the biggest ...
Indonesia Wants Fairer E-Commerce Rules. Its Merchants Can’t Wait Much Longer.
The sellers who’ve been quietly absorbing punishing platform fees finally got a seat at the table. Indonesia’s Trade Minister Budi ...
India’s Watchdog Catches Online Marketplaces Selling Gunpowder Like Groceries
The CCPA has fired notices at IndiaMART, Justdial, and others for letting anyone browse and buy explosive precursors with the ...
Consumers Are Suing Amazon After Not Getting Tariff Refunds
A few unhappy consumers have sued Amazon, accusing the company of failing to refund customers for the higher prices it ...
Nuvo and Avalara Decide That Tax Paperwork Should Not Be a Personality Trait
The two companies have joined forces to collapse credit applications and tax compliance into a single workflow, sparing B2B suppliers ...
The EU’s New Product Safety Rules Are Coming for Every Online Seller — Not Just Temu
The European Union is holding online marketplaces accountable. And while Temu and Shein have been hogging the headlines, Brussels has ...
Indonesia Finally Tells E-Commerce Giants to Stop Making Up Fee Names
Indonesia’s Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises is drafting a regulation to cap and standardize the fees that e-commerce platforms ...
Indonesia Considers Banning Ecommerce for People Under 16
Indonesia’s plan to protect the country’s youth may soon extend beyond social media, as the country is considering banning ecommerce ...
