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U.S. Trade Representative Names 5 Chinese Online Markets in 2020 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) released their annual Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy for 2020 on January 14, 2021 and included five mainland Chinese online markets in the online market section of the list. Markets on the list are reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. There is no penalty for being listed but the list has been used to encourage foreign companies and countries to crack down on piracy and counterfeiting. The five Chinese markets listed are returnees: DHGate (敦煌网), Pinduoduo (拼多多), Taobao (淘宝网) (owned by Alibaba (阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司)), and newcomers: Baidu Wangpan (百度网盘), and Weidian (微店). The report also listed many physical markets l