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    Aimed at Temu and Shein, and applicable to Amazon, the EU introduces taxes on e‑commerce platforms
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    Aimed at Temu and Shein, and applicable to Amazon, the EU introduces taxes on e‑commerce platforms

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    1. Yogurt_Platinum on

      Tariffs, US = Bad

      Tariffs, EU = Good

      Can’t wait to buy the exact same imported product but with Local Store branding and a 1500% markup.

    5. Lysek8 on

      And since we’re not gonna start manufacturing, this is basically just a price increase for the consumer. Just what we needed

    9. FondantLazy8689 on

      But Shein and Temu are marketplaces and so is Amazon. How would this work with Ebay? Why is the middleman who facilitates payments and brings customers and merchants together the one responsible for export documents and import fees? If they have no legal body in the EU then how could they be importers? The person or company that initiates the import and is the recipient of the shipment is the importer. And why are B2B shipments exempt from this fee? Also does this mean that it is now impossible to import to the EU as a private citizen? It is always the exporter who has to be the shipper?

    10. Aggeloz on

      Ali express will find a way to bypass them like they do every time. They dont want to compete with china in manufacturing because its too expensive so they will just add tariffs just like trump did, fuck you EU.

    11. uzumaki_bey on

      So no tariffs on the us the country that’s threatening Europe but tariffs on the country that’s trying to have good relations with ?
      I can’t wait until trump raise the tariffs on them again

    12. Sassolino38000 on

      Love to see it, tired of people just buying useless trash online and throwing it out instantly just because it’s cheap, so unbearable.

    13. butternutflies on

      Fucking retarded minds… taxes taxes taxes

      This will be the death of this union eventually

    14. KnowZeroX on

      Rather than throwing random taxes around on these platforms, I would rather they buy random items and test them safety compliance, then fine them 100x the value of all items sold that isn’t compliant with health and safety regulations.

      Putting a tax on it isn’t going to solve the issue of how much questionable stuff gets sold there.

    15. zippopwnage on

      So another tax on the consumers.

      Is getting harder and harder to live and it sucks. Like fuck off with this bullshit already. A platform comes out with some good prices, yes a lot of shitty products, but this basically helps no one but the idiots who sell the same shit quality at higher prices. People who struggle anyway will have it harder and harder.

      This world sucks. EU has saved a lot of countries and I’m glad my country joined EU years ago, but fuck this nonsense already