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Ambassador Eduardo Pérez Motta (Mexico)
D ISSUES RELATED TO THE EXTENSION OF THE PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 23 TO PRODUCTS OTHER THAN WINES AND SPIRITS
214. The representative of Argentina said that Article 24.1 provided that no Member should use the exceptions to refuse to conduct negotiations or to conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements, but there was no provision in TRIPS that said that a Member should renounce the rights and obligations that existed under the Agreement.
IP/C/M/38