but if Europe would produce everything their constantly order off Amazon locally, the figures would look less pretty, wouldn't they.
It's not just Amazon, it's also Temu, Shein, and the Chinese shops in that context as the article suggests. The numbers would be a bit different if there would be more transparency in supply chains and we could assign emissions -also- where they are consumed and not 'only' where they are produced. But this needed more transparency how and where these products are produced.
Sure, if you want to put the responsibility on consumer’s shoulders.
And if you take governmental and industrial responsibility into account, than it matters which country PRODUCES the carbon emissions. I‘m not sure, if customers ever can force Temu or Shein to force their producers to use carbon friendly processes. But the government of China can!
In a nutshell: It’s the same distracting argument as the individual carbon footprint. It’s not customers responsibility but the producer’s responsibility. The one who „owns“ the process.
This is not what I meant. It is, of course, a matter of production and the political framework for it. What I mean is that -in addition to that- we should have more transparency across supply chains. And China is one of the countries which opposes this transparency.
We don't exactly need Chinese opposition there as long we have "conservatives" and right-wingers in so many high-powered positions as well as Western corps trying to make money off supply-chain intransparency. No doubt, companies like Shein do have lobbyists too (wtf, Günther?). But they would never be able to stem the tide if e.g. the EU automotive industry supported transparent supply chains.
Ah okay. Sorry. Yes China loves to cheat regulations. Even Chinese people trust in Western products more than from their own country due to the missing transparency.
Usually it's the drug dealer that goes to jail.
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