Alibaba 's Taobao online marketplace has been listed on Alibaba ’s ( the US Trade Representative ) blacklist for this year due to sales of fake goods and intellectual property theft. On the one hand, listing publicly in the U.S. subjects the Chinese startup to more scrutiny. The USTR noted Alibaba 's attempts to reduce the numbers of "shanzhai" products, but said small and medium firms were still reporting high instances. USTR refuted the USTR 's findings and said its practices were considered "best-in-class" by industry associations, SMEs and brands, both in the China and globally.
Alibaba 's Taobao online marketplace has been listed on Alibaba ’s ( the US Trade Representative ) blacklist for this year 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. USTR refuted the USTR 's findings and said its practices were considered "best-in-class" by industry associations, SMEs and brands, both in the China and globally.