Fast fashion: Italy plans to tax Shein, Temu and AliExpress through extended producer responsibility

According to a Reuters report published on October 15, Italy is considering imposing additional taxes on Asian fast fashion platforms. “We are going to introduce a measure to tackle ultra fast fashion: an invasion of low-cost foreign products that harm our producers and put consumers at risk”, said Adolfo Urso, Italy’s Minister of Industry. The government plans to implement the “extended producer responsibility” framework derived from a European directive. In practice, it aims to require...