Trump plans to deal with the problem of fake goods of e-commerce
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Dongguan Jieshimei shoes material Co., LTD
Post date：
2020-04-17
July 26, US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum aimed at curbing online sales of counterfeit goods, and on Wednesday informed Amazon, eBay and Alibaba and other online markets to deal with counterfeit goods on platforms as soon as possible.
According to the memorandum, the U.S. government will require the Department of homeland security, the Department of Commerce and the Department of justice to submit reports within 210 days. It will analyze the prevalence of the problem and the effectiveness of the current response, and suggest potential regulatory or legislative changes to better combat the sale of counterfeit goods.
Trump trade consultant Peter Navarro cites the 2018 Government Accountability Office report, which shows the general problem of selling fake goods in the online market. The agency's investigators bought branded products from third-party suppliers on Amazon, Wal Mart, Sears, newegg.com and eBay, and found that 40% of the products were fake.
Navarro further said that another part of the problem of e-commerce fakes was "due to the failure of customs laws to keep up with the surge in e-commerce."
In response, an Amazon spokesman said in a statement that the company "strictly prohibits the sale of counterfeit products" and welcomed "additional coordinated support from law enforcement so that we can hold bad actors accountable."
A Alibaba spokesman said in a statement that he welcomed the new initiative and its attention to the global fight against counterfeiting, adding that the company has developed a first-class system to protect intellectual property rights and combat the scourge of counterfeiting.
A spokesperson for eBay said counterfeit products on the site were not popular and said the company was committed to cracking down on their sales and looked forward to strengthening cooperation to stop the sale of counterfeit goods.