Tang and Roswall\u2019s\u00a0meeting\u00a0comes\u00a0just weeks after the company\u00a0narrowly avoided a full suspension of its online marketplace in France\u00a0as the government\u2019s efforts to mount an EU-level response to Shein lose momentum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis meeting is part of our regular engagement with European policymakers on issues relevant to our sector,\u201d said Martin Reidy, a spokesperson for the company, adding that it reflects Shein\u2019s “commitment to constructive dialogue.” <\/p>\n
EU countries have agreed to start taxing small parcels coming into the EU\u00a0from July this year\u00a0\u2014 a policy\u00a0France lobbied hard for<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0but Shein\u2019s commercial activities in Europe show no signs of slowing down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The company opened a massive\u00a0logistics\u00a0hub in\u00a0Wroc\u0142aw, Poland with 740,000 square meters of warehouse space in December,\u00a0saying<\/a>\u00a0in a press release that the facility would create thousands of jobs and service 100 million shoppers on the continent.<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to hearing from Shein how it respects EU legislation and incorporates sustainable and circular solutions to better protect consumers,\u201d Roswall said ahead of the meeting, adding that \u201cultrafast fashion is a growing challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Parliament\u00a0not\u00a0impressed<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n News of Tang\u2019s\u00a0visit sparked a reaction among Europe\u2019s left-leaning lawmakers, who\u00a0together with the Conservatives, liberals and the Greens passed\u00a0a resolution<\/a>\u00a0last November<\/a>\u00a0calling on\u00a0the Commission\u00a0to\u00a0\u201cmove from dialogue to decisive enforcement\u201d of EU consumer protection standards for online platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tang and Roswall\u2019s\u00a0meeting\u00a0comes\u00a0just weeks after the company\u00a0narrowly avoided a full suspension of its online marketplace in France\u00a0as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[7156,5284,1442,6314,7964,728,2000,299,5187,1699,36,105060,23762,2441,11665,7965,770,1199,413,3695],"class_list":{"0":"post-696806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-breaches","9":"tag-circular-economy","10":"tag-competition","11":"tag-e-commerce","12":"tag-enforcement","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-eu","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-european","17":"tag-european-union","18":"tag-france","19":"tag-jessika-roswall","20":"tag-logistics","21":"tag-markets","22":"tag-meps","23":"tag-platforms","24":"tag-poland","25":"tag-services","26":"tag-space","27":"tag-sustainability"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115897058263066430","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}