Don't fight, ban it! On July 30, German media published an article claiming that a survey shows more than three-quarters of German retailers support banning Chinese e-commerce platforms. According to a questionnaire survey data released by the German digital industry association Bitkom, 92% of retailers believe that cross-border e-commerce platforms like Temu and Shein often "violate" relevant laws. Additionally, 88% of retailers believe that these retailers' products have a high risk of containing "hazardous components".
85% of the surveyed companies believe that the EU has a responsibility to protect the European market from external e-commerce platforms. 76% of retailers think that canceling the tariff exemption for small packages valued below 150 euros from outside Europe is a wise move. Obviously, from the perspective of the article published by German media, in some way, this is a campaign to ban our e-commerce platforms.
However, German media cite various data, claiming that our cross-border e-commerce platforms have such or such problems. But there is one fundamental issue that German media never mention. This issue is that Chinese e-commerce platforms are very competitive, making it difficult for German and European companies to compete. Because they can't compete, they want to ban them; because they can't compete, they set up various barriers. Isn't this extremely absurd?
Our enterprises operating overseas certainly abide by local laws. If there are any violations of the law, they should be dealt with according to law. However, we definitely do not accept the use of public opinion to deliberately mislead. In fact, facing our increasing competitiveness, Western media still need to have a correct understanding. If you can't compete, you just shut the door. This is undoubtedly a mentality of the weak.
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