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The EU Council Just Approved a Major Customs Overhaul

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The EU Council Just Approved a Major Customs Overhaul

Kale Havervold

In an effort to manage the rise of ecommerce, the EU Council has given its final approval for a major ...

Europeans are Leading in Chinese Platform Use

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Europeans are Leading in Chinese Platform Use

Ivana Soldat

The ECB applied the same €3 per-category parcel duty to every member state on the same date, but the member ...

Amazon Is Launching Bulk Storage in Europe This Week

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Amazon Is Launching Bulk Storage in Europe This Week

Ivana Soldat

Amazon Warehousing and Distribution was a relatively quiet US product launch in 2022. (Ecommerce News EU) It solved a specific ...

The EU Parcel Duty Has Cut Chinese Parcel Volumes by 20%. That Is Both Good News and a Warning.

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The EU Parcel Duty Has Cut Chinese Parcel Volumes by 20%. That Is Both Good News and a Warning.

Ivana Soldat

We’ve been covering the EU parcel duty story since before it took effect on July 1. The France national parcel ...

Tomorrow, Every Brand Shipping Packaged Goods Cross-Border Into the EU Needs a Local Representative in Each Country

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Tomorrow, Every Brand Shipping Packaged Goods Cross-Border Into the EU Needs a Local Representative in Each Country

Ivana Soldat

This is the EU regulatory story that has been almost entirely absent from ecommerce media coverage this month, which has ...

The EU AI Act Is Fully Enforced as of Today

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The EU AI Act Is Fully Enforced as of Today

Ivana Soldat

Two years after the EU AI Act entered into force, the regulation becomes broadly applicable today. That sentence has been ...

The EU is Pressed to Act Against Unexpected Duty Charges for Customers

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The EU is Pressed to Act Against Unexpected Duty Charges

Kale Havervold

Around a month after the EU’s new customs duty came into effect, the European Commission is being pressured to ensure ...

The EU Sets New Record For Largest Fine in Continued Fight Against Illegal Goods

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The EU Sets New Record For Largest Fine in Continued Fight Against Illegal Goods

Kale Havervold

AliExpress, one of the largest names in Chinese ecommerce and retail, has been hit with a record-breaking fine by the ...

The EU Is Done Warning Tech Companies. It Is Now Going Directly for the Money.

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The EU Is Done Warning Tech Companies. It Is Now Going Directly for the Money.

Ivana Soldat

For the first three years of the EU’s new digital regulation regime, Brussels behaved like a regulator that had just ...

China Is Rewriting Its Ecommerce Law to Police Its Own Platforms and Protect Them From Everyone Else

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China Is Rewriting Its Ecommerce Law to Police Its Own Platforms and Protect Them From Everyone Else

Ivana Soldat

There is a pattern in how large economies regulate their biggest tech companies that is worth understanding before reading China’s ...