The proposal goes in line with what other countries in the region are doing but clashes with Milei’s ideas. Espert and Adorni questioned the initiative.
This week Scope He anticipated that industrialists of the clothing sector work on a project of “Anti Shein Law” to regulate the entry of imported merchandise through this type of platforms. The revelation already brought political repercussions: In Congress the first support voices appeared, while the government expressed its rejection: Deputy José Luis Espert and the spokesman Manuel Adorni spoke. Entrepreneurs plan to present the initiative after the elections and seek to build multiparty consensus.
As this means indicated, to combat what they consider “anti competitive behaviors” the Argentine Chamber of clothing is promoting a project that seeks to establish environmental controls, toxicity levels, certificates of origin, tariff and tax changes, among other issues. The closest mirror in time and forms is the regulations that the French Parliament sanctioned in June.
This occurs in a context of Crisis in the industry. During the second quarter of 2025, five out of ten textile companies registered a drop in sales compared to the same period of the previous year and the average decrease was 7%. By expanding the look at the last two years, the panorama is aggravated: eight out of ten companies reduced their sales and the average fall reaches 28%, according to data from the Foundation Protected.
Echo in Congress
After the anticipation of scope the echoes began in Congress. The first support came from the “dialogue” opposition. According to sources from the sector, the idea is to present the project after the elections. “You have to have the support of different blocks simultaneously,” they said to this medium.
“The deregulation festival is not free. The effect of Chinese imports and platforms such as Shein is lethal for national industry. There are personnel adjustments in six out of ten companies. What is the use of the consumer reducing imports, if it loses the job and cannot even buy those products? It is urgent to implement strong tariffs to these imports ”, Deputy Miguel Ángel Pichetto said in his X account.
The initiative would also have the support of some referents of radicalism and other sectors of the federal meeting bench. In the business sector they also work together with cameras from other countries such as Mexico and Brazil. In addition in the last hours Uruguay joined the extensive list of countries that took measures: a VAT of 22% to all purchases made outside the United States.
The details of the “Anti Shein” law and government rejection
As this media said, the project in question is inspired by the recent French regulations which includes: progressive ecological rates per garment sold by companies of Ultra Fastfashion, the prohibition of advertising of this type of fashion, In both traditional and social media, sanctions for breach of the rest of environmental norms. In the Argentine case, the combo would also include other points such as taxes and tariffs.
The government has already expressed its rejection. The deputy José Luis Espet described as “unpresentable company” to whom they promote the initiative And he said: “They compete crazy. Clothes in the world costs something normal, it is not a luxury article like here. They don’t fuck anymore. They made it selling us a dug at the price of a yacht.”
Then, The spokesman Manuel Adorni, In his Fake 7, 8 program, he presented images that theoretically correspond to one of the entrepreneurs promoting the anti Shein law, where garments are visualized up to three times more expensive than can be achieved on the platform“That difference explains the interest in promoting a law that makes Argentines pay $ 240.00 instead of $ 70,000,” said the official.
Source: Ambito
