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EU to impose €2 fee on all packages entering the bloc as of 1 November

SimCityAT
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A €3 fee also came into force in July, leading to a 60% drop in small parcel imports over three months. The new rules aim to counter imports from Chinese platforms, whose low prices threaten European retailers.

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JimJ
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Maybe time for EU retailers to stop ripping off their punters and giving Brussels an excuse to get their snouts in the trough?

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Fred
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Maybe time for EU retailers to stop ripping off their punters and giving Brussels an excuse to get their snouts in the trough? - @JimJ

Yep.

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