GEPGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS – DISPUTE
April 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Union is facing growing opposition at the World Trade Organisation to its stance on geographical indications, where it refuses to grant protection to traditional regional names of drinks and food products from non-EU countries, unless their governments roughly copy Europe's own rules. The USA has already launched a disputes proceeding at the WTO on this point and is now being joined in formal talks with the EU by Mexico, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India and Australia. Meanwhile, the Australian government has launched its own separate ...
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