EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu

Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:18AM (#44631988)

Also, there is a limit. If buying locally means the product costs 10x as much and the shipping is another $15 on top, don't be surprised if I choose the option that doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, and don't expect me to vote for anyone who tries to make me pay 20x as much.

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by jabjq on Monday July 21, 2025 @03:13AM (#44632538)

This is the European Commission, which you don’t get to vote for. You don’t really have a choice.

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by esperent on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:58AM (#44633438)

Thank you for the info, random new account that pops up on every single thread about the EU to make comments about how terrible the EU is.

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by 9dev on Monday July 21, 2025 @04:31AM (#44632966)

You’ll pay the price eventually. China can sweep the European market with products, underbidding every EU company. If they did that with no backlash, we’d see the local economy plunge, followed by wages, buying power, standard of living, and so on.

We need to fend this off, even if it means people will have to pay more for individual purchases, because the larger population does not understand macroscopic effects. China is a danger to the EU, and also the US (even though the US currently is mostly dangerous to itself).

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by kelipso on Monday July 21, 2025 @12:32PM (#44637149)

EU should learn to compete instead of reselling overpriced products at huge markups.

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by 9dev on Monday July 21, 2025 @03:04PM (#44639077)

The EU competes on food and product safety, quality of life, freedom of movement and trade, or privacy, for example.

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Monday July 21, 2025 @07:28PM (#44641534)

For the cases I'm talking about, my choices are buying from China or literally cutting my buying power by a factor of 10-20 not hypothetically maybe in the future but right now.

I can set myself on fire trying to keep Europe warm... or I can not.

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