CHINA AND EU EMBARK ON GROUNDBREAKING GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION DEAL
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL A GROUNDBREAKING cooperation deal on protecting traditionally-made food products in overseas markets rolled into action yesterday (Tues 10-7), with China and European Union (EU) officials preparing legal protection for 10 lines each. The first EU agreement of its kind, the European Commission formally applied to register 10 EU food products within China's geographical indications system. This supposedly prevents registered foodstuffs being sold in counterfeit-rife China unless they are traditionally-made within their historic home region. China ...
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