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| The Trump administration is preparing for war on counterfeit goods and piracy |
The Trump administration plans to announce new measures to combat counterfeit and counterfeit products sold on major e-commerce sites on Friday, and to urge companies to do more to verify external sellers and strengthen self-monitoring,
Government officials said on Thursday that Acting Secretary of Homeland Security (Chad Wolf) and White House advisor (Peter Navarro) will discuss efforts at the National Intellectual Property Coordination Center in Arlington, Virginia, later this year, at a news conference on Friday. ,
An official told Reuters that sellers abroad were at risk of law enforcement. Therefore, the United States government took strict measures to "adjust the incentive structure."
According to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security released on Thursday by the Wall Street Journal and approved by the administration, law enforcement plans to take "immediate measures" to identify counterfeit goods and request "all" legal authorities to prosecute fines and other penalties against these facilities.
The official said the Trump administration was also seeking legal approval "to explicitly authorize the government to enforce court orders against third-party transactions and other intermediaries involved in counterfeit products." If the company adopts best practices, the US government believes that this will significantly reduce trade in counterfeit and counterfeit products.
In April last year, President Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on counterfeit goods in third-party online stores and asked for more information on how the United States could better track and limit these sales.
A Trump memorandum notes that the value of world trade in counterfeit and counterfeit goods can reach half a trillion dollars annually, nearly 20% of which violates U.S. intellectual property rights. "The president decided it was time to get rid of counterfeiting and human trafficking in this Wild West (the United States)," Navarro said in April.
It is reported that e-commerce companies such as Amazon, eBay and Alibaba have policies against counterfeit products and stated that they have invested in plans to block counterfeit products. Last year, Amazon said, "You invest a lot of money to take proactive measures to prevent counterfeit products from entering our stores." In 2018 alone, we spent over $ 400 million fighting counterfeiting, fraud and other forms of abuse. "
China and the United States signed an agreement earlier this month calling on China to take better criminal and civil measures to combat Internet misuse, piracy and counterfeit products.