 AMZN foreign sites=Notorious Markets
US trade rep Wednesday have put AMZN' 's web domains in CANADA,FRANCE,Germany,India and UK on its 'notorious market list' of platforms that are believed to facilitate intellectual property violations.
This action,which excluded AMZN USA platform was based in part on complaints by US apparel and footwear manufacturers that AMZN does not do an adequate job in vetting sellers on these foreign sites and slow to respond when complaints of counterfeits are made.
AMZN disputed the finding.linking such action to long running tension between Trump and AMZN founder Bezos.
But Navarro,White House trade advisor called AMZN the worst counterfeit enabler in the world,that the AMZN brain trust would rather fight this out in the media thru their swamp-creature spin doctors than cleanup their marketplace to protect and defend the American people from fraud and often physical harm from dangerous counterfeit products.
This has been circulated among White House personnel seeking final decision.
The Notorious markets list has been used for years to encourage foreign companies and countries to crack down on piracy and counterfeiting,but this would be the first time a US headqtred company has been targeted by a law aimed at foreign marketplace.
AMZN claimed it has launched a pilot program to id seller thru video call etc.
The American Apparel and Footwear Assoc had formally requested US added AMZN SALES PLATFORMS in these 5 countries to the list,its members have flagged these 5 country platforms as the biggest source of problems among AMZN platforms with thousand of counterfeit items and listings.
(source WSJ April 30,2020)
Last edited by agent006140; 04-30-2020 at 07:08 PM.
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