Bipartisan bill would make e-commerce platforms liable for counterfeit goods
Peter Navarro, the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy director who assisted supervise Homeland Security’s recommendations, criticized Amazon for benefiting off counterfeits. Counterfeiters have actually followed customers, and it is clear more need to be done to fight the rising trend in online sales of fake products. Consumers need to be able to rely on that what they see and acquire online is what they will get, but counterfeiters continue to join platforms with ease and masquerade as reputable sellers in order to infect American homes with hazardous and risky fake items.