China Remains No. 1 Source of Counterfeit Products Globally: Report

The theft of U.S. intellectual property is one of the major income drivers for the Chinese Communist Party.

Freighters full of shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on March 28, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

China is by far the top source of fake products worldwide, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in a March 3 statement on its yearly Notorious Markets List for 2025.

The 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy report highlights 37 online markets and 32 physical markets across various nations that are “reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy,” according to USTR.