EU LOSES LATEST WTO BATTLE OVER BANANA TRADE

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has lost the latest World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute proceeding over bananas. A panel found custom duties of Euro 176 per tonne on Latin America bananas breaks EU trade commitments.

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