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Book SynopsisIn 2001, the EU and US announced the end of a trade dispute over the sale of bananas into the EU market. The allocation of import licences had been found to violate World Trade Organization rules and to discriminate against suppliers from Latin America.This book examines the issues surrounding the dispute, in particular: the dependence of small Carribean economies on European Banana Markets; the role of the private sector in influencing public policy; the relation between the banana trade and the political tensions of the EU Common Agricultural Policy; the domestic political influence of banana companies in the US and the role of the WTO and its settlement of trade disputes.
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Overview of the World Banana Market 3: Mickey Paggi, Center for Agricultural Business, California State University, Fresno, USA and Tom Spreen, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA 4: European Interests in the Banana Market 5: Stefan Tangermann, Food, Agriculture & Fisheries Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Paris, France 6: The European Common Banana Policy 7: Stefan Tangermann, Food, Agriculture & Fisheries Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Paris, France 8: Evolution of the Banana Multinationals 9: Tim Taylor 10: Banana Trade in Latin America 11: Esteban R. Brennes and Kryssia Madrigal, INCAE, Alajuela, Costa Rica 12: The Caribbean and the Banana Trade 13: Rachel Anderson, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, CA, USA, Tim Taylor and Tim Josling 14: US Interests in the Banana Trade Controversy 15: John G. Stovall and Dale E. Hathaway, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Washington DC, USA 16: Bananas and the WTO: Testing the New Dispute Settlement Process 17: Tim Josling 18: Conclusion 19: Index
