U.S. adds e-commerce sites operated by Tencent, Alibaba to ‘notorious markets’ list

E-commerce sites operated by China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd have been included on the U.S. authorities’s newest “infamous markets” listing of entities that allegedly promote or facilitate the sale of counterfeit items, the U.S. Commerce Consultant’s workplace mentioned on Thursday.

The listing identifies 42 on-line markets and 35 bodily markets which can be reported to interact in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy.

“This contains figuring out for the primary time AliExpress and the WeChat e-commerce ecosystem, two important China-based on-line markets that reportedly facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting,” the USTR workplace mentioned in a press release.

China-based on-line markets Baidu Wangpan, DHGate, Pinduoduo, and Taobao additionally proceed to be a part of the listing, together with 9 bodily markets positioned inside China “which can be identified for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of counterfeit items,” the USTR workplace mentioned.

The listing highlights on-line and bodily markets that reportedly have interaction in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy.

The USTR workplace mentioned in a separate report launched Wednesday that the United States must pursue new methods and replace its home commerce instruments to cope with China’s “state-led, non-market insurance policies and practices”.

The US and China have been engaged in commerce tensions for years over points like tariffs, know-how and mental property, amongst others. The US has mentioned China had didn’t make good on some commitments underneath a so-called “Section 1” commerce settlement signed by the administration of former President Donald Trump.

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