Cross-border e-commerce strategies, platforms, payments, and international fulfillment.
FedEx starts charging demand surcharges on US imports from Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean on September 21, 2026, and more than doubles its China and Asia-Pacific rates. Here is the full per-pound schedule, the lanes it replaces and what cross-border sellers should do before Monday.
FedEx has launched a $99-a-month Shopify app that shows a guaranteed duty and tax figure at checkout and covers any overage, part of its new Global Trade Navigator suite. The move lands as the US, EU and Canada have all stripped duty-free treatment from low-value parcels, and puts FedEx in direct competition with UPS Global Checkout and Zonos.
The EU’s Union handling fee is likely to be set by delegated act in September or October and applied by November 1, 2026, landing inside peak season alongside mandatory Product Identifiers. Three signals point to the direct-from-China parcel lane shrinking through Q4 while EU-local fulfillment absorbs the volume by Q1 2027.
Cross-border Commerce deep dive: ATA carnet: temporary imports for samples and trade shows.
Most online sellers are not directly in scope for the EU’s carbon border tax, but the indirect exposure is real. What CBAM covers, who files, and what to watch.
Cross-border Commerce deep dive: EU de minimis and the 2026 low-value import changes.
The price of moving a single 40ft container from China to Northern Europe has swung from roughly 1,500 US dollars before the pandemic to more …
Shein walked into its final pre-IPO hearing in Hong Kong today carrying a much smaller number than it once expected. The fast-fashion giant is chasing …
Shein and Temu’s Latin America expansion likely stalls into a costly standoff with MercadoLibre through H1 2027, not a repeat of their European share grab. Three signals, from the de minimis squeeze to Shein’s faltering Brazil factory hub, explain why.
Billions of undervalued DDP parcels enter the EU almost unchecked, dodging duty and VAT while local retailers pay in full. How the loophole works, and why the EU keeps waving it through.