Alibaba may face trouble in US as fakes abound
Emma Gonzalez
China Daily

The American Apparel and Footwear Association has asked the Office of the US Trade Representative and the Securities and Exchange Commission to add Taobao to the Notorious Market list

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd risks being blacklisted in the United States after a clothing trade group filed a complaint against the company alleging that the e-commerce giant has tolerated the sale of counterfeit and pirated goods on its Taobao platform.

The American Apparel and Footwear Association has asked the Office of the US Trade Representative and the Securities and Exchange Commission to add Taobao to the Notorious Market list, an official report that identifies Internet marketplaces dealing in infringing goods.

The USTR removed Alibaba from the blacklist in 2012. But the AAFA said that the addition of Taobao in this year's list could put pressure on the company to take more effective measures to tackle fakes on its websites.

Local media reported that the association, which represents more than 1,000 brands in the US, noted that the significant presence of counterfeit products on Taobao has resulted in millions of dollars of lost sales, reputational damage, legal costs and "exhaustion of internal resources" in the US apparel and footwear industry.

The AAFA was not available for comment.

Alibaba has defended itself against the accusations and stressed that the company has made great efforts to curb counterfeit goods on its platform.

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Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It never should have been.

99.99% of the stuff on alibaba/aliexpress is use once and throw away.

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It never should have been.

By what criteria should Alibaba have been denied a listing on the New York Stock Exchange?

Counterfeiting and pirated goods is what the Chinese have done best for centuries...why would anyone think they have changed?

do we also ban ebay for the fakes on it ?

I think its pretty hard to police 1000s of sellers