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Biden moves to crack down on Shein and Temu, slow shipments into US (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Rapid growth of Temu and Shein threatens US businesses and consumers, Biden says.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't allow inexpensive cheap products, Americans are only allowed to buy expensive cheap products, from proper US stores.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Relying on slave labor from Xinjiang isn't worth saving a few bucks on a tshirt

Edit: there's also all the toxic chemicals from lack of regulation https://healthnews.com/news/chemicals-childrens-clothing-shein/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Right, only approved slave labor is okay. I'm not fans of either, but I'm not going to kid myself that this decision isn't anything less than protecting corporate interests. Neither is ethical, but one is both overpriced and has regulators in their pockets.

Edit: ahh I see, I accidentally commented on a lemmy.world server