EU to impose €2 tax on low-cost items in blow to Temu and Shein

No paywall, same topic: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-proposes-e2-package-fee-to-tackle-flood-of-chinese-low-cost-goods/

I was wondering how they were going to protect intermediaries from the growth of desintermediation platforms were consumers buy things from the factories or just the next link on the chain down from that.

Because intermediaries are the ones making lots of money importing the same stuff as people are now buying direct, putting a label on it, and selling it locally for at least 3x the price and their business model is threatened by consumers buying directly from the places were all the factories are.

Mind you, I'm all for less stuff being made in China and more in Europe, I just don't think the Commission is doing this for that reason, since historically they tend to do what's best for "business" and a lot of "business" in Europe is just being a brand for junk made in China or some other non-European country with cheap labour.