Ivanka Trump in China: The trademarks raising an ethics firestorm

[workinclasszero]

By AIMEE PICCHI MONEYWATCH May 29, 2018, 3:31 PM Last Updated May 30, 2018 7:15 AM EDT

Ivanka Trump this month received trademark approval from China for a broad array of items, including baby blankets, wallpaper and carpets. That wouldn't be unusual for a global business built on consumer goods such as elegant women's clothing and shoes, but it raises numerous ethical issues given that her father is the U.S. president.

The timing appears especially fraught given President Donald Trump agreed to rescue Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. shortly after Ivanka Trump's brand was awarded the trademarks.

It added, "Last year, Ivanka's business won preliminary approval for three trademarks on the same day that she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago. Earlier this year, Trump announced tariffs against China that exempted clothing — including clothing imports from Ivanka's Chinese manufacturers."

Some foreign governments may see Ivanka Trump's business as a "way to curry favor with President Trump," wrote Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, and Norman Eisen, chairman of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, at Yahoo News.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ivanka-trump-in-china-the-trademarks-patents-raising-an-ethics-firestorm/

[tazkcmo]

1. Just another day

In Shitgibon's cesspool. I miss the "swamp".

[workinclasszero]

2. And the GOP, right wing media and deplorables remain silent

Just imagine the bloodly outrage from the right if a democratic president did this BS!

[magicarpet]

6. A pool party at a raw sewage cesspool would be better than this.....

.... excuse me could you pass the turd floating by - a friend was curious what it smelled like.

[tazkcmo]

8. Lol about the turd.

Which reminds me of my childhood and Katy Texas. We discovered the water treatment Reservoir and mistake it for a lake. Boy did we have fun swimming that day. Of course, when we got home with our little poop mustaches her mother was horrified. Good Times.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. CCORRUPTION at its finest......

For someone who professes to follow Judaism, Ivanka Trump completely forgets the laws laid down by God to Moses.

Nuff said.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Who wants to buy this stuff?

To me the "Trump" label says "cheap, tacky, overpriced crap made in sweatshops". It's not a symbol of luxury to me. I don't understand how people are still falling for this charade.

[Hortensis]

5. To me the label only has to say Trump, famous for

vulgarity, criminality, complete lack of principles, shocking exhibitionist behaviors, and mental dysfunction for 4 decades.

I've always wondered about the people who'd buy in Trump Tower, besides the criminals it's most famous for of course.

I'm with you in wondering who'd buy this label now, product irrelevant. I suspect it will not do well, but that may be factored into the business plan -- hit the market for what profits can be drawn out of defiant conservatives and clueless teens, remaindering out excess production, then fold.

[tazkcmo]

9. The same people

Who buy things based on the designer label with no regard to price, quality, functionality or social responsibility.

[magicarpet]

7. Ivanka has dreams of becoming the Martha Stewart of ladies fashions, jewelry, and home furnishings.

The Trump Brand - the world's largest Oligarchy Brand Name Criminal Syndicate.

[Gothmog]

10. From CREW

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