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SEPTEMBER 25 — Imagine a Malaysian shopper opening Pinduoduo and seeing an item sold directly from China for only RM1. Shipping may even be free, and payment takes only seconds. The product can then travel thousands of kilometres and arrive at the buyer’s doorstep without the consumer ever dealing with a Malaysian importer, distributor or…

The European Commission is probing whether Amazon set unfair limits on firms that use its online marketplace, and it is doing the review under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, which sets required and forbidden practices for large tech companies. A commission spokesperson said the commission is in “regular dialogue with Amazon and its business customers…