Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Etsy's Regulatory Operating Fee in France rises from 0.47% to 1.14% effective June 22, 2026, and a new 1.97% fee kicks in for Hungary the same day. Etsy's Children & Baby Products policy update took effect June 2. Both EU markets face rising TikTok Shop competition, and Etsy…
USTR opened a public comment process on June 2 for a new US-China Board of Trade — a government-to-government mechanism to manage bilateral trade and potentially reduce tariffs on non-sensitive goods on both sides. Came out of the Trump–Xi May 2026 Beijing summit. Comments due Ju…
USTR determined on June 1 that Brazil's digital-trade, electronic-payment, IP, ethanol, and deforestation practices burden US commerce, proposing an additional 25% Section 301 tariff on a broad range of imports. Beef, coffee, energy, aircraft, certain rare earths, and ag-chemical…
Mellow Sleep's MarshMellow Comforter cracked TikTok Shop US's May 2026 top 10 at #9 in its first chart appearance: $1.71M revenue, 20,450 units at $83.63 ASP, +37.5% revenue growth rate, 3,380 creators, 15% commission (Kalodata via Net Influencer, June 5). Launched Nov 4, 2025; t…
Debuted at #4 on TikTok Shop US's May 2026 product top 10 with $2.21M revenue and an 82.9% MoM growth rate — the chart's fastest grower (Kalodata via Net Influencer, June 5). 17K units at $129.99 ASP, 899 creators, 49% creator conversion. Alongside the new Shark IQ Robot Vacuum R…
