The EU strives for the upward convergence of its Member States, where their performance improves and gaps between them decrease. Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, the COVID-19 crisis has again put this objective under pressure. This policy brief focuses on convergence in material well-b...
Cross-border e-commerce has boosted postal imports of low-value consignments from the Asia-Pacific region to the EEA Member States. The significant growth in imports of low-value consignments particularly from China challenged designated operators and customs authorities in the single market. Th...