Well, I have to say, reluctantly, that I'm glad of this decision. After all, European wines have been using geographic names for product specificity for hundreds of years, and I see no reason why any region that produces products specific to that region cannot use that as a product descriptor. The fact that they were in court over this at all shows you how powerful trade concerns have become. In fact, they even trump most legislation world-wide now due to the overwhelming acceptance that trade makes the world go round.
That is my only issue with this whole thing, that we even need an organization like the WTO. Together with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the G8, the interests of trade and commerce will always come before the interests of humanity, and billions of dollars will be spent on truly pathetic issues like whether a chees is from a city in Italy or a fucking potato comes from the ground in Idaho.
Could this money be better used elsewhere? What do you think!
Peace,
Pierre
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