Rates are up, but container lines face choppy waters ahead | S'pore e-commerce agents face uncertain future as middlemen

If this e-mail is not displayed properly, click [here.]( [View In Browser]( WED, DEC 13, 2017 Get Briefed Daily EDITOR'S CHOICE [Rates are up, but container lines face choppy waters ahead]( 2017 has been a calmer year for global container shipping following a tempestuous 2016, but the industry will once again have to navigate choppy waters in the next couple of years. [S'pore e-commerce agents face uncertain future as middlemen]( THE dust-up between Singapore-based online shopping platform ezbuy.sg and the Alibaba Group's Taobao marketplace has turned the spotlight to the role of intermediary merchants in e-commerce. [SE-Asia's Internet economy to hit US$50b in 2017]( RIDEHAILING and e-commerce have in the last two years galvanised South-east Asia's Internet economy, which will reach US$50 billion in 2017 and potentially exceed US$200 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Google and Temasek. 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