At present, China mainly adopts the Trademark Law and Provisions of the Product Protection of Geographical Indications in parallelto protect geographical indications.
The issue has arisen in the specific context of Parmesan cheese, but any Codex quality standard for products with a geographical indication depends on how this issue is resolved.
The EU wants that to apply to geographical indicators as well, creating concern among U.S. businesses that legitimate American products could be caught in another ACTA member's customs net.