e-commerce
EU opens probe into Chinese e-commerce platform Temu
The Commission will look into whether the Chinese e-commerce company has failed to crack down on illegal products and addictive designs.
China’s Shein sweet-talks EU to stave off hurdles on ‘fast fashion’ goods
Chinese fashion app Temu could face strict new EU content rules
Ireland gambles on China’s big tech billions
WTO in ‘damage control’ mode as Abu Dhabi agenda unravels
WTO boss too busy — for now — to think about 2nd term
Don’t just blame the US; India is blocking WTO reform too
30 things Joe Biden did as president you might have missed
Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.
Belgian PM faces high-wire act in China as EU, Taiwan fears intrude
Alexander De Croo will seek to balance national and EU interests during his trip to Beijing — amid strained trade ties and tensions around Taiwan’s presidential election.
Fashion victims: France looks to save its collapsing prêt-à-porter brands
Online shopping is killing mid-market brands but the government wants to hit back and rediscover France’s fashion ‘genius.’
How Big Tech learned to love Britain’s libertarians
US tech giants and Britain’s free-marketers have formed an unlikely alliance.
Europe’s online content law has teeth — now it has to bite
The Digital Services Act’s ambition to clean up Big Tech will only be as strong as its enforcement.
Big Tech firms first in line for fines under the EU’s content law
The European Commission will soon be able to investigate and fine some of the most popular social media and e-commerce platforms under the Digital Services Act.
Why China is not as powerful as the West might think
Xi Jinping’s brand of economic policy is less and less convincing to Western companies. Politicians are waking up, too.
AI could replace you all with ‘peerbots,’ UK House of Lords warned
A noble lord even tried to write his speech using AI.
Booming Chinese shopping app faces Western scrutiny over data security
Temu is rapidly gaining users in the US and Europe, leading China hawks to warn about its risks.
Boosting SME digital skills is key for UK economic growth
Small businesses lag behind big firms on basic digital skills, and minority- and female-owned businesses face even bigger challenges. Programs such as Mastercard’s Strive UK aim to change this.
France to go after Chinese ‘fast fashion’ giant
‘We don’t know the social conditions under which these clothes are made,’ says Bruno Le Maire.
eBay’s CEO on the regulatory fate of recommerce in the EU
POLITICO Studio interviews Jamie Iannone, CEO of eBay, about how evolving EU policies around circularity could end up stifling sustainability and small resale businesses.
Online marketplace Wish makes a comeback in France
The California-based platform had been removed in 2021.
OnlyFans loses EU court tax battle
CJEU hits online platform — largely used by sex workers — in VAT case.
Barcelona vs. Amazon: City to tax courier vans
City wants to nudge consumers to pick up parcels instead of relying on deliveries.
France’s digital taxman goes after Amazon — again
The US tech giant scored a victory narrowing a French digital levy that lawmakers are now trying to overturn.
Facebook parent company Meta lays off 11,000 staff
Recruiting and business teams will bear the brunt of job cuts, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
France sets €3 book-delivery fees in jab at Amazon
The proposal is aimed at protecting brick-and-mortar shops from having to compete with Amazon.
2.9 billion people have no internet, mainly marginalized women
Connectivity gap has become an issue of fundamental human rights, in times of crisis – humanitarian and conflict zones – and for essential needs like health care, services and education.
Spot checks: Europe’s customs officers struggle to catch faulty goods
A surge of e-commerce in places like Alibaba’s Belgian hub has ‘changed the nature’ of trade.
Empowering better self-care is a shared responsibility
Global healthcare tipping point: pandemic prompted proactive behavior change toward individual health management, regulatory reliance critical to enabling expansion of self-care.
Commission takes Hungary to court over LGBTQ+ rights, media freedom
Tension escalates between Budapest and Brussels.
EU readies Amazon antitrust settlement
Settlement could set standard for the Digital Markets Act when it comes into force later this year.