Amazon’s iRobot Roomba acquisition under formal EU investigation Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeEuropean Union regulators have opened an official investigation into Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, the company behind the popular Roomba lineup of robot vacuum cleaners. In a press release, the European Commission said it’s concerned that “the transaction would allow Amazon to restri…

EU’s Leaked Metaverse Strategy Proposes Regulatory Sandbox, New Global Governance Virtual worlds will need international engagement to stay open and secure, a leaked European Commission strategy paper said.

EU Metaverse Strategy Set to Examine Privacy, Competition and Rights A policy paper next week won’t set legislative rules – but could point the way ahead on some key Web3 issues.

USA/EU regulations on cosmetic/skincare products Hi everyone. I’m a manufacturer located in Turkey and have been producing/labeling all types of skincare/cosmetics products for over 10 years. I want to open overseas and aiming to ship and sell products to USA and EU bcs of high currency rates. My question is what are the health regulations/restrictions in those areas? I have all the necessary …

Seven big tech companies say they’re platform gatekeepers under EU law Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeAn important deadline just passed for the biggest tech platform companies in the world to notify the European Union (EU) that they are gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Seven companies have officially acknowledged they meet the criteria: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Met…

Dropshipping to US as EU resident Hello, I want to create my first shopify store with my targeted audience being the US. I will use suppliers such as cjdropshipping, zendrop or usadrop. The products will go from China. So how do I tax this? I have read about the sales tax and nexuses but i don’t really understand if I as an eu resident have to pay this, because only my suppliers…