#EU accuses Amazon of using merchants’ data to help itself

#EU accuses Amazon of using merchants’ data to help itself

“#EU accuses Amazon of using merchants’ data to help itself” European Union officials charged Amazon with antitrust violations Tuesday for allegedly harvesting data from outside merchants to boost its own retail business. The European Commission said it has also opened a second antitrust investigation into whether the e-commerce giant gives special treatment to its own…

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# WTO blockchain report says customs remains ‘weak link’ of trade digitalization

# WTO blockchain report says customs remains ‘weak link’ of trade digitalization

“# WTO blockchain report says customs remains ‘weak link’ of trade digitalization ” The World Trade Organization and Trade Finance Global have published their latest taxonomy of blockchain projects in international trade, arranged into what they present as a “periodic table” for the industry. The original rendition of the periodic table was published in winter…

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#EU to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together

#EU to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together

“#EU to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together” BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Monday launched an EU-wide system devised to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together in its latest effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. Following testing in different EU countries earlier this autumn, the bloc’s executive arm said the system got underway…

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