Shopify teams up with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com to make it easier for US merchants to sell to consumers in China

Canadian multinational e-commerce company Shopify announced today it has partnered with China's JD.com to help U.S. merchants sell their goods in the world's second-largest economy. The deal will let Shopify merchants in the US and Canada sell on JD's cross-border platform JD Worldwide and open up access to its 550 million active customers in China. As part of the deal, JD said it will open an "accelerated channel" for brands on Shopify to begin selling via its cross-border e-commerce site in China. The announcement comes amid tight competition in the e-commerce space in China with players like Pinduoduo, Alibaba Group…