WTO BANANA DEAL TO BE ROLLED INTO GENERAL DOHA AGREEMENT SAYS BRUSSELS

BY ALAN OSBORN THE EUROPEAN Commission is attempting to find a solution to its long-standing row with Latin American countries over banana exports by rolling the dispute over into the multilateral World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round. These talks restart in earnest September 3, and Commission agriculture spokesman Johan Reyniers said today (Monday) that the Commission was negotiating with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Peru and Brazil to secure a deal. This was "with a view to achieving an agreement acceptable to ...


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