Alibaba's Taobao in U.S. blacklist list for fakes for second consecutive year

Alibaba's Taobao in U.S. blacklist list for fakes for second consecutive year

A customer points at a screen displaying a website of Alibaba's Taobao at a rural service centre in Yuzhao Village, Tonglu, Zhejiang province, China, July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

The U.S. Trade Representative put Alibaba’s Taobao on its blacklist for the second year in a row over suspected counterfeits sold on the shopping platform, a move the Chinese e-commerce giant said did not reflect its IP-protection efforts.

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