Regardless of the merits of tariffs and protectionism, it is IMO quite necessary that these kinds of companies, that churn out cheap garbage with no regard for pollution be punitively targeted. Not only does it ruin our planet, but it also undermines those businesses who actually try to produce decent products.
Ideally big corps that simply import and resell these types of products (either through willful ignorance or malicious intent) shouldn’t get away either, and need to be held accountable.
I have definitely received products from Temu (where I no longer shop) that just fell apart almost immediately. No exaggeration. They were so bad that I felt embarrassed that some Chinese person had given their time and effort into manufacturing such useless pieces of crap. So yeah; hard agree.
I have never ordered from Temu because the first time I heard of them, it was an ad for a weird-as-fuck product and I clicked through and the product wasn’t something they were selling. And then it happened a second time. And then I gave up. This is apparently perfectly legal in the U.S.
I think I clicked a link for them once and it gave some bs you win wheel, and told me to download an app right off the bat. Hard pass
