Minutes - TRIPS Council Special Session - View details of the intervention/statement

Chairperson: Ambassador Dacio Castillo, Honduras
1 NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
1.33. The representative of China said that her delegation was committed to participate in discussions in the TRIPS Special Session both before and after MC11. She wished to echo the position of over 100 other W/52 coalition members in firmly supporting that the three TRIPS issues, namely GI Registry, GI Extension and TRIPS/CBD disclosure, were closely linked together and should be moved forward in parallel. She added that the broad support of this position could also be observed from the workshop held the previous day on the topic of Fairness and Transparency in Intellectual Property Rights for an Inclusive International Trade. She said that China remained open to any discussion on the three TRIPS issues.
The Special Session took note of the statements made.
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