US government organization certifies Amazon's foreign version as 'malicious counterfeit market'


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Ivan Radic

The US Trade Representative (USTR), a government organization reporting directly to the president, released on April 29, 2020 in the 'Annual Special Report on Intellectual Property Protection', a website outside the United States operated by Amazon.com 5 The case was first listed as the 'malicious counterfeit market'.

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Added to the list is Amazon.com, which is the British version of Amazon.com, Amazon.fr in the French version, Amazon.de in the German version, Amazon.ca in the Canadian version, and India. Edition of 'Amazon.in'. The USTR is an annual report that Amazon in these five countries 'can not easily determine who sells products' 'Since Amazon has not sufficiently investigated the seller, anyone can easily sell on Amazon 'The process of removing a counterfeit product from a site can be lengthy and cumbersome,' he said.



The USTR reported Amazon as a malicious site in response to a request from the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) in 2019. Rick Helfenbyne, former AAFA CEO, said, `` Amazon is a leader in the global retail industry, and despite being an important distribution partner for many brands, there are significant challenges with counterfeiting. I am doing it. '

`` Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos can completely stop faking Amazon from fake action in a matter of seconds. One individual is big on counterfeiting issues, '' said Peter Navarro, trade adviser to the US Presidential Office. It's very rare to be able to make an impact, but so far, Bezos pretends to see no evil, 'he strongly criticizes Amazon and Bezos.


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On the other hand, Amazon strongly opposes the USTR certification, saying that 'corporate efforts to ensure that only legal products are handled' is ignored. In addition, the Internet Association , in which Amazon participates as a member, defends Amazon as 'it is working in the entire IT industry to prevent the sale of counterfeit products, including cooperation with right holders'.

This is not the first time the Trump administration has been confronted with Amazon. For some time President Trump has repeatedly accused Amazon of Twitter.



In February 2020, Amazon claimed `` President Trump improperly intervened in the bidding process '' in a case where the US Department of Defense placed an order with Microsoft Azure, a rival of Amazon Web Services in defense infrastructure business, and federal claim Request the court to suspend orders. The court acknowledged Amazon's action and ordered the Department of Defense to suspend its business.

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Regarding the USTR accreditation, an Amazon spokesperson said, 'This accreditation is purely a political act and is an example of the Trump administration using governmental organizations to pursue personal retaliation against Amazon. Amazon has invested heavily in technologies and processes to detect and stop the handling of malicious sellers and suspected counterfeit products. '

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