Trade Agreements: Japan

(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department provided Japan with its list of 70 products for which it is seeking Geographical Indication protection under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership; and what the planned timescale is for that geographical indication protection to be confirmed by the Japanese government.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 29th April 2021

On 30th April, the UK will provide Japan with 77 new GIs. These will then go through Japan’s procedures.

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