In Beijing, EU Lawmakers Press China on Forced Labor, Dangerous Products

Logo of AliExpress in a pop-up store in Paris on Sept. 24, 2020. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselta/AFP via Getty ImagesEuropean Union lawmakers are meeting with Chinese officials and representatives from Shein, Alibaba, and other marketing giants during a visit to Beijing this week, highlighting consumer protections.The European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) is on its first such mission in eight years, with a goal of curbing the volume of dangerous products via small parcels coming into the EU from China’s e-commerce giants and balancing digital trade.