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Re:US targets trade loophole used by ecommerce groups Temu a... by ziml77 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @12:00AM (#41537373)
I just assume that any of this cheap unbranded garbage is filled with shit that's toxic. The Chinese companies making this stuff has no reason to care. They can't be held liable for anything.
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Re:US targets trade loophole used by ecommerce groups Temu a... by BobbyTables2 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @12:25AM (#41537455)
Why would Amazon be any different in practice?

Being a US company doesn’t stop them from being filled with imitation/knock-off goods from fly by night companies.

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Re:US targets trade loophole used by ecommerce groups Temu a... by adgjlsfhk1 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:22AM (#41537660)
us companies are subject to lawsuits from us citizens and government
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Re:US targets trade loophole used by ecommerce groups Temu a... by InDubioProRubio on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:37AM (#41538401)
In theory. On the ground - they just provide a market hall, with no liability and fitness of purpose implied.
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Re:US targets trade loophole used by ecommerce groups Temu a... by ziml77 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @05:21PM (#41543081)
The same unbranded, zero QA, zero accountability products direct from China being sold on Amazon are also a problem. The only difference with Amazon that puts them like a single rung above Temu and Shien is that they also sell proper branded, non-counterfeit items (though my understanding for a while has been that counterfeits do end up getting mixed in with legit items).
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