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Abstract
This paper examines the legal and policy relationship reinforcement amongst
international standards for GIs, food safety standards, and other claims of quality or
safety. The paper addresses those relationships within the context of international trade
agreements protecting GIs, such as the 1994 TRIPS Agreement, the EU-Canada
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the chapter on intellectual
property and geographical indications in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation. Trade agreements also discipline food
safety measures and non-GI indications of quality or safety such as “organic” and
“GMO-free.” Accordingly, the paper also considers the extent to which international
trade agreements such as the WTO Agreements on the Application of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Standards (SPS Agreement) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) might
interact with the analysis.