Main Description

In 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 liscences 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.

Readership

Researchers in trade, agricultural economics and policy-making.

Main Contents

• Introduction
  
• Overview of the World Banana Market
  Mickey Paggi, Center for Agricultural Business, California State University, Fresno, USA and Tom Spreen, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
  
• European Interests in the Banana Market
  Stefan Tangermann, Food, Agriculture & Fisheries Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Paris, France
  
• The European Common Banana Policy
  Stefan Tangermann, Food, Agriculture & Fisheries Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Paris, France
  
• Evolution of the Banana Multinationals
  Tim Taylor
  
• Banana Trade in Latin America
  Esteban R. Brennes and Kryssia Madrigal, INCAE, Alajuela, Costa Rica
  
• The Caribbean and the Banana Trade
  Rachel Anderson, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, CA, USA, Tim Taylor and Tim Josling
  
• US Interests in the Banana Trade Controversy
  John G. Stovall and Dale E. Hathaway, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Washington DC, USA
  
• Bananas and the WTO: Testing the New Dispute Settlement Process
  Tim Josling
  
• Conclusion
  
• Index

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