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The European Union is drowning under cheap software come from Asian online retailers , starting with ultra low - cost e - tailers AliExpress , Shein , and Temu . TheFinancial Timeshas learned that the EU is considering a crackdown on such imported good due to safety and forge concern .
The issue is there are currently no impost duty on goods that are worth less than € 150 . But the EU is n’t scrapping this limen , as it ’s physically impossible to check all packages . Every 2d , 40 packages make it in the Netherlands via air or sea freight .
Instead , the European Commission is considering a per - package administrative handling fee . Or maybe a tax on east - commerce platforms ’ revenue . Both options would likely take to lengthy talks between the Commission , the World Trade Organization , and the bloc ’s 27 member states .
Taking this sort of approach could be one room for the bloc to stress to enforce its safety standards on ultra - gimcrack trade good that are made and send straight off from China — by realise it more expensive for importers to pack ’em high and trade ’em cheap .
