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In 2024, around 4.6 billion low-value consignments (worth €150 or less) entered the EU market – 12 million parcels daily and twice as many as the year before. Many of these products were non-compliant with EU laws, raising concerns over harmful products entering the EU, unfair competition for compliant EU sellers, and the environmental impact…

MediaNama attended a closed-door discussion under Chatham House Rules on how e-commerce, artificial intelligence and illicit trade are converging in India. This was a group consisting of brand owners, law firms, customs and enforcement officials, intergovernmental agencies, foreign intellectual property offices and researchers. No e-commerce platform was in the room, and this led to some…