Small businesses are pushing Trump to ramp up the fight against Chinese counterfeits
has started to take note, reveling in the opportunity to attack two of the president's favorite targets: China and Amazon.counterfeiting on e-commerce platforms"International e-commerce players must step up do and do more," acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said when the report was released.aimed at stopping the sale of counterfeit products from abroad sold online to U.S. consumers.
"It's important we address the sale of online counterfeits," Collins said in a statement to CNBC. "I'd welcome any witnesses from companies who can help us do that."Boulder, Colorado-based Nite Ize, which sells mobile and lighting accessories, said it removed more than 75,000 fake listings from online marketplaces last year.
"The amount of resources and money that we have to spend chasing down counterfeits has become monumental," Clint Todd, Nite Ize chief legal officer, told CNBC., counterfeit and fake goods accounted for 3.3% of all global trade, worth $509 billion in 2016. The DHS reported seizures of counterfeit goods at U.S. borders have increased tenfold over the past two decades, with nearly 90% of seized products in 2018 arriving from mainland China or Hong Kong.
"The epicenter, ground zero, of the manufactured counterfeit goods is China," said Bob Barchiesi, president of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, whose members include brands like
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