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[โ€“] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Many Milka products are actually made in Belgium

[โ€“] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 13 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Made, yes, but under license to the brand owner, american megacorp Mondelez. (Much like Coca Cola).

Mondelez owns a lot of brands that you might assume are European. Here is their list.

[โ€“] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

European-made*

While they're owned by a US company, they're still produced in the EU by EU employees sold on the EU market.

Boycotting these hurts the EU economy, not the US so where should the line be drawn?

The profits go to the US. I doubt that taxes are paid in Europe. Buy from European companies, then those jobs are created there.

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