China
        

Foreign and Military Affairs

Concern expressed over US 'notorious markets' list

Updated: 2011-03-13 13:32

(Xinhua)

Twitter Facebook Myspace Yahoo! Linkedin Mixx

BEIJING - The United States' move to put some Chinese firms on a "notorious markets" list might hurt the companies' reputation and China is concerned about the issue, a commerce ministry official said Sunday.

Related readings:
Concern expressed over US 'notorious markets' list Chinese analysts refute US 'notorious markets' report

Li Chenggang, head of the Department of Treaty and Law under the Ministry of Commerce, expressed the concern over whether it is appropriate to issue such a report since it provided no detailed evidence.

"Even the report itself said the list represents neither the results of investigation nor the evaluation of the US government," Li said at a press conference in Beijing.

Li was commenting on a list of "notorious markets" for selling counterfeit and pirated goods issued by the Office of the United States Trade Representative last month. The list included China's Internet search engine Baidu and e-commerce giant Taobao.

"We have studied the report thoroughly," he said. "Such move might have negative impacts on the reputation of the involved companies and we are concerned about it," Li said.

Specials

Earthquake Hits Japan

A massive 8.8 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on March 11,2011.

NPC & CPPCC sessions

Lawmakers and political advisers gather in Beijing to discuss major issues.

Labor crunch

Worker scarcity is no longer confined to eastern areas, minister says.

All about the Year of the Rabbit
President Hu visits the US
Ancient life