BEIJING: Beijing urged France on Thursday (Sep 3) to abandon its recently implemented law on ultra-fast fashion, lambasting the new measure targeting major Asian e-commerce platforms including Shein and Temu as “clearly discriminatory”.
The law, which came into effect on Tuesday, imposes fees on certain items that will eventually reach almost 20 euros per garment, part of a push to curb the industry’s environmental and local economic impacts.
“China urges France to immediately halt the implementation of the anti-ultra-fast fashion law,” commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang Ling said when asked about the law at a news conference.
Huang said that…
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