Canada-based online shopping platform Shopify has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company JD.com to enable US merchants to sell their products in China. The partnership is intended to expand Shopify’s footprint in the Chinese market while supporting JD.com’s worldwide expansion efforts. Shopify vice-president Aaron Brown said: “Bringing together two world-class commerce platforms—Shopify and JD.com—is a major step in solving cross-border commerce for merchants. “The future of commerce is commerce everywhere—and that starts by removing barriers to entry to one of the most important e-commerce markets in the world.” Under the partnership, JD will allow Shopify merchants in the US to list...