AliExpress hit with record $629M fine for counterfeit and illegal goods

China like "Let us starve the EU a little bit on all crucial electronics components so they can overthink their decision".Difficult to negotiate if you are all in on a Asian supply chain to get your stuff done.

Honestly, it's kinda overdue. If a normal shop or business sold as many counterfeit or illegal good as AliExpress (or Amazon), they'd be shut down and the owners/board charged. The fact these companies seem to be able to just get away with having no quality control at all and ignoring every law in sight because they're eCommerce 'marketplaces' is absolutely insane to me.Hopefully something similar happens to Amazon as well.

Now do Amazon

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