Law to usher in EU-NZ FTA favours Euro producers, expert says
Simpson Grierson’s Raymond Scott asks why EU FTA Legislation Amendment Bill is so lopsided to Europeans, and process fails to give NZ producers more IP protections.
WATCH: Simpson Grierson senior associate Raymond Scott speaks with Dita De Boni.
The fine print of a bill giving force to the EU-NZ free trade agreement shows a vast benefit to the EU and rather less to New Zealand producers in the matter of geographical indicators, an Auckland copyright expert says.
The text of the European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill
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