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www.tipo.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2. 10 Wang, supra note 8. Here, Wang also notes that before Taiwan's accession to the WTO in 2002, geographical indication laws were used mostly to protect European wine and spirit GIs: In the early days of Taiwan's geographical indication laws, they were used mostly to protect the geographical indications for European wines and spirits. During the consultation stage when Taiwan was joining the WTO, the Ministry of France, at the request of the European Union that the European geographical indications for wines be protected, promised to incorporate this protection into the Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act. There were numerous cases involving the misuse of GIs for Scottish whisky and French wines. In the Taiwan-EU bilateral agreement, signed in 1998, Taiwan also promised to protect whisky and other wines from Europe.