Pinduoduo is now asked to do the same after a few years of growth frenzy. Alibaba's Taobao online marketplace has been listed on the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) blacklist for the third year in a row due to sales of fake goods and intellectual property theft. The USTR noted Alibaba's attempts to reduce the numbers of "shanzhai" products, but said small and medium firms were still reporting high instances. In its latest report, the agency found that between January 2016 and March 2017, there was an increase of more than 50 percent in reported cases involving counterfeit products sold by Alibaba Marketplace sellers.
Alibaba's Taobao online marketplace has been listed on the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) blacklist for the third year in a row due to sales of fake goods and intellectual property theft. The USTR noted Alibaba's attempts to reduce the numbers of "shanzhai" products, but said small and medium firms were still reporting high instances. In its latest report, the agency found that between January 2016 and March 2017, there was an increase of more than 50 percent in reported cases involving counterfeit products sold by Alibaba Marketplace sellers.