EU RECEIVED ANOTHER WTO SLAP OVER BANANA TRADE – COULD WEAKEN BRUSSELS IN DOHA TALKS
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has again censured the European Union (EU) for failing to comply with global trading rules on its long running banana dispute with the USA and Latin America. An appellate panel of the WTO disputes settlement body found the EU's discriminatory regime favouring the import of Caribbean and African bananas over central and south American fruit does illegally harm American fruit companies: "it nullified or impaired benefits accruing to the United States" under the WTO's general agreement on tariffs and ...
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