EU Finds China’s E-Retailer AliExpress Breached Illegal Products Rules

The European Commission has accepted the commitment made by AliExpress to address its concerns, but the Chinese company could still face a fine.

Logo of AliExpress in a pop-up store in Paris on Sept. 24, 2020. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselta/AFP via Getty Images

The European Union said on June 18 that Chinese online marketplace AliExpress failed to do enough to curb the sale of illegal products on its platform, placing the company at risk of a hefty fine.

AliExpress, owned by China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba, has been under investigation since March 2024 over its alleged noncompliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which regulates how major social media platforms and marketplaces moderate or remove illegal content and products from the regional internet.