Indonesian Government Asks Apple, Google to Block China’s Temu to Safeguard Small Merchants

 

Indonesia has urged Alphabet’s Google and Apple to remove Temu, a Chinese fast fashion e-commerce startup, from their app stores in the nation, a minister said earlier this week. 

The decision was intended to safeguard the nation’s small and medium-sized businesses from low-cost products offered by PDD Holdings’ Temu, communications minister Budi Arie Setiadi told Reuters, despite the fact that authorities are yet to find any transactions involving its residents on the platform.

Temu’s quick expansion has drawn criticism from multiple countries for its low-cost business model of sending shipments to customers in China. 

Budi described Temu’s business approach as “unhealthy competition,” as it connects consumers directly with factories in China to significantly lower prices. “We’re not here to safeguard e-commerce, but we do protect small and medium-sized businesses. “There are millions who must be protected,” the minister stated.

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