Overview
- Paris prosecutors opened investigations into Shein and AliExpress over the distribution of child‑pornography materials, with the juvenile affairs office Ofmin assigned to probe the cases.
- The government launched a formal procedure to suspend Shein’s operations, with the Economy Ministry setting a 48‑hour window to demonstrate compliance and preparing a court move to block the site if needed.
- France’s foreign minister Jean‑Noël Barrot urged EU‑level sanctions against Shein and tougher action on other Chinese platforms, noting potential fines of up to 6% of global turnover.
- Lawmakers summoned Shein’s leadership to a parliamentary hearing even as the company opened its first physical store in Paris, and retail partner BHV said it would maintain the collaboration.
- U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna called for Shein to be suspended in the United States following France’s escalation.