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Biden moves to crack down on Shein and Temu, slow shipments into US (arstechnica.com)
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Rapid growth of Temu and Shein threatens US businesses and consumers, Biden says.

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[–] Kyatto@leminal.space -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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/

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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