Banana 'wars' come to an end

The banana trade dispute between the EU, parts of Latin America and US fruit companies has officially come to an end this afternoon (15 December) after a final agreement was published in Geneva.

UPDATE: GLOBAL: Peace at last in banana trade 'war'

15 December 2009

The banana trade dispute between the EU, parts of Latin America and US fruit companies has officially come to an end this afternoon (15 December) after a final agreement was published in Geneva.

IRELAND/EU: Fyffes benefit from EU banana deal questioned

16 December 2009

Fyffes has been named as a possible beneficiary of the EU deal on banana tariffs although industry experts have argued that it remains to be seen what impact the deal will have on the Ireland-based fruit giant.

GLOBAL: WTO slams EU again over banana rules

27 November 2008

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has again censured the EU for failing to comply with global trading rules on its long running banana dispute with the US and Latin America.

EU: Europe must liberalise banana import regime - WTO

19 May 2008

The World Trade Organisation has indicated that it will not tolerate the EU’s discriminatory trade regime favouring imports of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) bananas over those from Latin America.