Retailers and manufacturers sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday asking him to end what they called the escalation of tit-for-tat tariffs. “Broadly applied tariffs are not an effective tool to change China’s unfair trade practices. Tariffs are taxes Read more
President Trump called for a crackdown on marketplaces this week, but European regulators have been trying to go much further, with a focus on protecting sellers rather than brands. The President, who is familiar with Intellectual Property issues through his Read more
President Trump is putting ecommerce companies and shipping carriers on notice with the signing of a Presidential Memorandum on Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods today. The President called out third-party marketplaces in citing the dangers and negative effects Read more
eBay was first to exploit terminal dues to create special postal rates for Chinese companies selling into the US and Europe known as ePacket, and now President Trump may upend the system on which those rates depend. The New York Read more
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) issued a statement on Monday in response to President Trump’s memorandum regarding terminal dues, which is the system Postal Services around the world use for reimbursement of international mail delivery. “The UPU takes note of Read more
