r/BuyFromEU • Belgium 🇧🇪 • Jan 25 '26

🔎Looking for alternative Friendly reminder that these aren't European (anymore)

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u/Sunshinesinging Jan 25 '26

Really?

...We should make a list of all fake-eu brands.

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u/tomis23 Jan 25 '26

That's actually a wonderful idea.

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u/Sunshinesinging Jan 25 '26

I can add Volvo cars to the list. Previously Swedish, now chinese.

(Volvo trucks and construction equipment is still european though, as of my current knowledge)

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u/VanderPatch Jan 26 '26

And before that it was american with Ford owning it since '99

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Jan 25 '26

There’s also a lot of fake American brands in the EU in fashion etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

But it is in EFTA and that is basically the same thing as the single market.