US puts Alibaba's Taobao on blacklist again for selling fakes online

Trade tension between US and China is increasing as China's economy continues to grow quickly

Alibaba Group Holdingwas cited again as a marketplace for fakes on a US blacklist, another sign of increasing tension between the US and China.

The Office of the US Trade Representative on Friday included Alibaba’s Taobao online marketplace on its list of “Notorious Markets,” citing a high volume of reported counterfeiting and piracy. The agency acknowledged steps Alibaba has taken to make it easier for fakes to be removed, but said “the enforcement programme reportedly continues to be burdensome and insufficient to end the sale of counterfeit products on the platform.”

In response, Alibaba’s President Mike Evans said in a blog post