France’s parliament on Thursday backed a string of measures making low-cost fast fashion, especially from Chinese mass producers, less attractive to buyers.

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    8 months ago

    that produce legislation not 110% beholden to economic interest of corporations

    France has a massive Fashion industry with Bernard Arnault competing for the richest person on the planet position. But even a brand like Kenzo is far from being fash fashion (Just checked on Zalando, kids T-shirt at 100 EUR, no wonder why the owner is so rich) so it’s not hindering the biggest French corpo.

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      8 months ago

      I see… Always a dark side to all stories, eh?

      I guess we can only hope that government get something right while they go on their normal business of being in corporation’s pockets

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      Bernard Arnault is lobbying against this law, because his companies make a lot of money in the Asian market, especially in China, and he fears repercussions from the Chinese government and a tariff war.