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President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to combat the flow of foreign counterfeit goods sold on e-commerce platforms like the websites of Amazon, eBay and Walmart.
The Department of Homeland Security will examine whether the US government is collecting enough fees to cover the cost of processing and inspecting parcels entering the US. It will also develop rules to determine whether the postal services of foreign governments are doing enough to protect the US from counterfeit shipments.
In addition, the U.S. will draft regulations intended to pressure e-commerce sites to do more to identify sellers of counterfeit or illegal goods.
“The trafficking of counterfeit and pirated goods is a scourge that causes significant harm to our workers, consumers, intellectual property owners, and economy,†U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement.
The move comes amid a broader push by Trump to examine the business practices of Amazon, who the president has accused of “scamming†the U.S. Postal Service through low-cost package delivery. Trump has expressed frequent frustration with Jeff Bezos over news coverage by Washington Post, which the Amazon founder also owns.