European laws have helped civilise the online landscape, but now we can only look on in envy at some new features launched by Apple that are not available to users here We said we wanted Big Tech to be regulated. But is it worth losing out on features and services? Maybe, maybe not. But there's now a gap opening between us and places like Britain and the US in mainstream services we can get from our tech because of new EU regulation.
Amazon's consideration to highlight President Trump's tariffs at checkout was quickly reversed after pushback from the White House and a direct call from Trump to Bezos.
If the UK's duty exemption for Low Value Imports is abolished, it would mean a pair of trainers costing £135 would be hit with the UK's full Customs duty for trainers, which is 16%. This could raise their final cost to the shopper to around £156 - a £21 increase.