BANANA LEGAL DISPUTE RENEWED AFTER DOHA TALKS FAILURE
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has challenged rulings by a World Trade Organisation's (WTO) disputes settlement panel that it is breaking WTO rules simply by having a preferential tariff regime favouring Caribbean and African banana exporters over those from Latin America. The formal appeal comes after the failure in July of a WTO ministerial meeting to complete the Doha Development Round, with member countries falling out over developing country tariff protection. A deal ending the long-running banana row was struck during these endgame talks, but was ...
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