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Made in Europe: The EU plan that has angered China

1mon 15d ago by aussie.zone/u/Eyekaytee in europa from www.rte.ie

Beware of what's behind a Made In somewhere-or-other mark.

Made in France for example only requires a product to be last processed in France. As a result, most shoes bearing the Made in France sticker for example were entirely made in North Africa or South-East Asia, and only labeled in France, making them legally made in France. But they're anything but.

In contrast, the Finnish Avainlippu ("key flag") for instance - which is pretty much Finland's national Made in Finland mark - really does mean that the product or service is produced mostly in Finland with Finnish workers, and is a mark you can trust.

Definitely, I wish more countries had something similar to this: