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What outcome to expect on Geographical Indications in the TTIP free trade agreement negotiations with the United States?

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  • Matthews, Alan

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Protection of geographical indications (GIs) is one of the difficult dossiers in the talks between the EU and the US on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) because of the very different approaches both sides take to this protection. This paper outlines the EU’s demands in the TTIP negotiations for greater protection for its GIs in the US and examines possible outcomes. In the absence of the formal negotiating texts as yet, it draws on an analysis of recent free trade agreements signed by both parties (Korea, Singapore and Canada for the EU, Korea and the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement for the US) to assess how GIs are protected in these agreements and what this might mean for TTIP. This analysis highlights how both parties have attempted to promote their respective perspectives on GI protection through these agreements. Various options for possible outcomes in TTIP are outlined, but it is concluded that negotiating a compromise agreement will not be easy.

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  • Matthews, Alan, 2015. "What outcome to expect on Geographical Indications in the TTIP free trade agreement negotiations with the United States?," 145th Seminar, April 14-15, 2015, Parma, Italy 206448, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaa145:206448
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206448
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    1. Maria Cecilia Mancini & Filippo Arfini & Mario Veneziani & Erik Thévenod‐Mottet, 2017. "Geographical Indications and Transatlantic Trade Negotiations: Different US and EU Perspectives," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 16(2), pages 34-40, August.

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