FASA Takes Action On Notorious Markets
On October 26, FASA signed on to a letter with 16 international trade associations and one labor group urging the USTR to label Alibaba a “notorious market” as part of an annual review that identifies online and physical markets that facilitate the sale of counterfeit products. The letter identifies a series of metrics that Alibaba was supposed to have executed, but didn’t undertake, in order to remove counterfeit articles from its site. The USTR is expected to make a decision by mid-December.
