“Trump Has a Plan to Stop Fake Goods” was published on April 2 of 2019 in The Wall Street Journal by Peter Navarro, talking about how one of the biggest concerns that Trump has raised in his past few discussions is that of fake goods making a massive profit off of the American people without them even knowing it. It looks at how there have been various investigations targeted against certain companies and led by certain government institutions, such as the Customs and Border Protection, in which it has become rather obvious that the majority of the express-mail packages that were arriving from the Eastern part of the world were containing counterfeit objects, with one of the most concerning being pharmaceuticals. Among these were counterfeit prescriptions, one of the most common being fentanyl, which can be highly dangerous, considering that if it is a controlled substance made improperly, could seriously damage the health of the nation. Trump highlighted upon how these kinds of transactions can lower the nation’s trust in certain companies, and how most of the time, they are not even aware that they are purchasing counterfeit goods, and that they consume and use these products on a daily basis without even realizing it. The problem with this in relation to marketing is that these companies are manipulating the public and pushing them to believe that the products they are using are safe, when in reality, they are putting them in danger in more ways than one. This is something that is highly concerning, and could put people on edge or could put them in harm’s way, and could also decrease their trust in the government and business as a whole. Companies and corporations could suffer, and this could take a toll on the economy of the nation if the public feels that they cannot purchase goods from large-scale producers and distributors such as eBay and Amazon without knowing if they are purchasing something real or not. It is important for these companies to instill stricter regulations and inspections when it comes to these goods, as it has to do with the health of the people they are selling to.
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