French consumers seeking to boycott US struggle to identify American products
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Some French consumers are looking for ways to do without American products to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine. But close trading ties and the nature of multinational companies is…

Some French consumers are looking for ways to do without American products to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine. But close trading ties and the nature of multinational companies is making it tough to identify which products to boycott.

      • egrets@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        The plural of “anecdote” is not “data”, I know, but I tried three products (Swedish nicotine pouches, British vitamin supplements, French deodorant) and it got all three perfectly.

        • Djinn_Indigo@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I mean, it kind of is though? It’s a handy sentiment, but if you think about it, good data is just a well-curated collection of anecdotes. 🤷

          Sorry, bit of a tangent. 😅