Shadow minister Alicia Kearns urged a UK probe into JD.com’s €2.2bn Ceconomy bid and Joybuy launch over alleged Chinese subsidies that could undercut Amazon’s online retail operations. OpenAI’s planned $115bn GPU spend by 2029 and tight Nvidia supply may heighten AWS capacity costs and delay Amazon’s AI service expansion.
The UK shadow national security minister has called for parliamentary and regulatory scrutiny of JD.com's entry into Britain under the Joybuy brand and its €2.2bn bid for German retailer Ceconomy. Critics warn that Chinese state subsidies may give JD.com an unfair price advantage over British high-street chains and Amazon’s UK e-commerce business, driving calls to close the £135 de minimis import loophole by October 2028.
OpenAI is expected to invest up to $115bn in Nvidia GPUs through 2029, exacerbating existing semiconductor supply shortages. This heavy demand for chips could constrain AWS’s ability to acquire compute capacity for Amazon’s growing suite of AI and machine learning services, potentially driving up costs and extending project timelines.
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