E-commerce regulation
The EU Is Done Warning Tech Companies. It Is Now Going Directly for the Money.
For the first three years of the EU’s new digital regulation regime, Brussels behaved like a regulator that had just ...
Japan Just Gave Its Police Direct Access to Ecommerce Transaction Data
Japan does not move fast on things. The country’s regulatory and legal culture tends toward deliberation, consensus, and caution. Which ...
From Today, Your Products Need Digital Safety Certificates Filed at US Customs Before They Can Enter the Country
For most of the past decade, importing a regulated consumer product into the United States required a Certificate of Compliance: ...
New Customs Duty May Be Behind Large Freight Capacity Reduction
It appears that the new customs duty implemented by the EU is achieving its goal of reducing cheap ecommerce imports ...
Alibaba Settles Troubling Allegations with a $600 Million Payout
After a dispute between Alibaba and the U.S. Government about allegations that merchants on the platform sold and imported illegal ...
While the EU Closed Its Cheap Parcel Loophole Today, the EAEU Quietly Admitted It Could Not.
July 1, 2026 was supposed to be a significant date for two major trading blocs simultaneously. In Brussels, the EU’s ...
That Countdown Timer Telling You the Sale Ends in 3 Hours Has Been Lying to You. Italy Just Fined Someone €2 Million for It.
You have seen the timer. Every ecommerce shopper has seen the timer. It sits underneath the discounted price, ticking down ...
Online Sellers Are Panicking Over the EU’s New Mandatory Button
Online sellers have a new compliance deadline to worry about, and this time, it comes in the form of a ...
25 Attorneys General Couldn’t Stop Illegal Vapes. So They Went After Shopify Instead.
For years, regulators tried to kill the illegal US vape market the obvious way: go after the brands, sue the ...
We Asked Europeans What They Think About the EU’s New €3 Import Fee. Here’s What They Said.
Starting July 1, 2026, buying a $2 component from AliExpress just got a lot more complicated. The EU has introduced ...
