U.S. Keeps China's Taobao on List of 'Notorious' Counterfeit Markets

Despite noting improvements on takedown efforts, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has again blacklisted Alibaba's eBay-like Taobao shopping site. In its annual report on the trade of illicit goods in online and physical marketplaces, the USTR said Taobao hasn't "objectively demonstrated that the volume or prevalence of counterfeit goods has decreased over the last year."

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