Stakeholder Comments Regarding OECD Online Marketplace Guidelines

Eli Clemens spoke at a public roundtable in Washington, DC, on the OECD’s “Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Goods on Online Marketplaces.”

Clemens noted that China remains the primary source of counterfeits in global ecommerce, yet the OECD’s draft guidelines on curbing online counterfeiting fail to name China directly. Clemens argued the guidelines should be revised to confront this reality, or international efforts risk becoming ineffective.