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  "id": 5296073,
  "title": "China urges France to 'halt' fast-fashion law, warns of countermeasures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/china-urges-france-to-halt-fast-fashion-law-warns-of-countermeasures-5296073",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-03T09:30:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/09/03/china-urges-france-to-halt-fast-fashion-law-warns-of-countermeasures_6757115_19.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China has urged France to abandon a new law targeting ultra-fast fashion retailers, describing it as \"clearly discriminatory\". The law, which came into effect on Tuesday, imposes fees on certain items that will eventually reach almost €20 per garment.\n\nThe law aims to curb the industry's environmental and local economic impacts and targets major Asian e-commerce platforms including Shein and Temu.\n\nChina's commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang Ling said that China is in \"firm opposition\" to France's insistence on pushing forward this trade-restrictive measure. She warned that if France persists, China will take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "China urges France to ‘halt’ fast-fashion law, warns of countermeasures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/china-urges-france-to-halt-fast-fashion-law-warns-of-countermeasures-5294902",
        "published": "2026-09-03T08:38:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "China urges France to 'halt' fast-fashion law, warns of countermeasures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/china-urges-france-to-halt-fast-fashion-law-warns-of-countermeasures",
        "published": "2026-09-03T09:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "China lambasts France’s ‘discriminatory’ fast-fashion law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/china-lambasts-frances-discriminatory-fast-fashion-law",
        "published": "2026-09-03T09:21:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}