News / US toughens Customs rules for e-commerce sales to crack down on counterfeit goods

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The US is to step up the fight against the shipment of counterfeit goods, particularly those sold through e-commerce platforms.

Last month, President Trump issued a new executive order that allocated more federal funds to help crack down on such sales, comprising four elements that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) needs to address, according to an advisory note from US law firm Arent Fox.

Firstly, CBP has to develop “new criteria for obtaining ’importer of record’ numbers and new consequences ...