World Trade Organization Notices for Jan 14
The World Trade Organization posted the following notice for January 14, 2011 (may have to click twice on source document for proper viewing):
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- Progress on wine/spirit geographical indications. For the first time in over 13 years of talks, WTO intellectual property negotiators have started work on producing a single draft text for setting up a multilateral geographical indications register for wines and spirits. A draft on notification, the first of six broad topics of the system to be discussed, was circulated to the full membership on January 13, 2011.
- Australia - New Zealand apple dispute. Australia informed WTO members that it intends to implement the panel's rulings and recommendations in the dispute "Australia - Measures Affecting the Importation of Apples from New Zealand" (DS367). Australia will conduct a review of existing policy for New Zealand apples for the three pests at issue in the dispute, conducted to the standard of an import risk analysis.