I wanted to buy a drills to make a hole in a wall, nothing special, but was interested if I could find anything made in EU and it was so hard!
Firstly I looked for polish (local to me) producer - there is none at the moment. So I tried Germany - traditionally industrialized, sure there must be a lot od options. Turns out it is really difficult to find information about production online - basically if it is not provided, it’s produced in china. I even found some small family business from Germany with photos of it owners etc but had to find a photo of back of the item in peoples’ reviews to confirm - it’s producing tools in China.
This is what I settled with - company that produces most of their tools in China but have special line of items produced in Germany with clear information on it. So I succeeded but it was pretty disappointing experience.
I’d look into the EU / German laws to confirm the labelling requirements
Since the US-Canada tariffs, a lot of products in Canada have been identifying themselves as Canadian. However, as we’re learning now - “Made in Canada” vs “Canadian” is very different. A lot of companies have been touting themselves as “Canadian” when they just have Greg from marketing who mentioned he has a cousin that used to live in Toronto a few years ago. Even “Made in Canada” is a grey area - the product doesn’t have to be 100% Canadian to qualify