France’s E-Commerce Mayday Targets Temu and Shein
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Most of the people heading to Charles de Gaulle Airport this week probably had a May Day vacation in mind. For French Finance Minister Eric Lombard, it was also the right place to send out a Mayday signal to the rest of Europe about the e-commerce boom that’s about to take a grim trade-war turn.