New blogpost by Tine Walravens on the recent EU-China agreement on Geographical Indications for food

Despite the gloomy outlook for international trade, the EU-China Agreement on Geographical Indications (GI) is expected to enter into effect by the end of 2020. On the surface, the agreement would appear to be a simple matter of economic gains for both parties. Yet, what the deal really represents is a success on Brussels’ part to export its GI policy abroad, driven by and driving increasing gastronationalism at home. It remains to be seen if and how China will take a leaf out of the EU’s book to reap the benefits of this agreement in a similar way.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/euplant/blog/items/whats-in-a-name-the-role-of-gastronationalism-in-the-recent-eu-china-agreement-on-geographical-indications.html