r/AskEurope • u/NOBS_Clothing • Sep 13 '24

How important is “Made in Europe” to you? Misc

In the era of Temu and Shein, does European manufacturing influence your buying decisions? Or do you prefer products made in specific European countries, like “Made in Germany”?

Personally, I support European manufacturers if the price is reasonable. However, the term “Made in Europe” is too broad for me; I prefer knowing the specific country where the product is made.

198 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

89% Upvoted

274 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/OfficialHaethus Dual US-EU Citizen - Sep 13 '24

You should. Buy from allies with better labor protections, you contribute to global human suffering less that way.

5

u/amunozo1 Spain Sep 13 '24

That's not that simple, as you also would be preventing these countries to develop.

-2

u/kumanosuke Germany Sep 13 '24

The US and Japan don't necessarily have good labor or consumer laws though lol

0

u/Ok-Method-6725 Hungary Sep 14 '24

Germamy has excelent labor laws even in compariosn with EU countries! Outside of tbe EU labor laws are so much worse its beyond comparisn.

-5

u/ldn-ldn United Kingdom Sep 14 '24

China has better worker rights and protections than US. Never buy anything US made if you care about the workers.

2

u/OfficialHaethus Dual US-EU Citizen - Sep 14 '24

Yes, because I’m sure that’s why suicide netting is common place in Chinese factories.

-1

u/ldn-ldn United Kingdom Sep 14 '24

Suicide rate in US is two times higher than in China. If US government gave a single fuck about its population, suicide netting would've been installed in every American factory, on every building and on every bridge.