April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative said on Thursday it has added Pinduoduo .com PDD.O , China's third-largest e-commerce platform, to its "notorious markets" list for a proliferation of counterfeit products, as the agency also called out China as a priority to watch for intellectual property rights concerns.
In its annual review of trading partners' protection of intellectual properties rights and so-called "notorious markets", the U.S. Trade Representative said 36 countries warranted additional bilateral engagement over these issues. The agency kept China on the list and lifted Saudi Arabia up as a priority.
USTR also kept Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group's taobao.com on the "notorious" list, even though the parent company has "taken some steps" to curb the offer and sale of copyright infringing products, according to the report.