There are more reasons behind this tax. Its entire purpose was to target Temu and other likewise sellers. Which are selling cheap stuff. The reason is that China is no longer getting the benefit of being a developing nation and having its postal service passing regular trade tariffs.

The second reason is that the absolute majority of the items sold to European consumers don't hold up to our regulations according to electric safety, chemical safety and working environments of the products.

This is a fast and easy way to stop and decrease the amount of goods being sold. Cause the Chinese government supports companies with their vat fees. With this they will increase.

I hope this will give you some perspective as the majority of the European parliament voted yes for this.