Comment by apexalpha

Yes, these laws have unintended consequences. I think at the continental scale the EU operates every law or decision has that.

But the current incentives in the fashion market also has unintended consequences: companies producing a lot of garments only to destroy them to protect perceived intellectual property value.

And here's the thing: this brand image value is relative. So by forcing all companies to comply no one has to take the negative brand image hit that would be required to unilaterally decide to do this.