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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
175. The representative of Argentina said that the WIPO document referred to was a compilation of replies to a questionnaire to which only 48 Members of the WTO had replied and five of those Members had mentioned, among other categories of intellectual property, geographical indications. As Brazil had pointed out, it was considered that paragraph 40 reflected in an unbalanced manner the opinions of the countries that had replied. There had been an agreement to re-word it because it was considered that the Secretariat had gone too far as regards giving conclusions. Regarding market access, she asked Switzerland that if, for example, Argentina wanted to protect its cheese with geographical indications, how would that facilitate the entry of Argentinian cheese to the Swiss market.
IP/C/M/36/Add.1