Chinese tech giant Tencent opposes US fake goods label




Updated 2 months ago ·
Published on 18 Feb 2022 8:30PM ·





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Tencent’s WeChat app has been listed as a market that ‘engages in, facilitates, turns a blind eye to, or benefits from substantial piracy or counterfeiting’. – EPA pic, February 18, 2022.

CHINESE tech giant Tencent said it strongly disagrees with a United States decision to add its WeChat app to a government list of “notorious” markets known for trade in counterfeit goods.

E-commerce site AliExpress and WeChat are among those put on the list by the US Trade Representative (USTR) yesterday, spotlighting markets “engaging in, facilitating, turning a blind eye to, or benefiting from substantial piracy or counterfeiting”.


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