TPP GI Provisions Have Implications For Lisbon Agreement, CETA Deal

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lays out procedural requirements for future registrations of geographical indications (GIs) that experts say would likely impose new obligations on TPP countries opting in the future to join the so-called Lisbon Agreement championed by the European Union, but would likely give Canada a free pass for the 145 GIs it has already agreed to protect under its bilateral trade deal with the EU. At the same time, these sources emphasized that the wording of TPP does...