Banana wars : the anatomy of a trade dispute / edited by T.E. Josling, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, California, USA and T.G. Taylor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, USA.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003Copyright date: 2003Description: 1 online resource (x, 210 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- World Trade Organization
- Banana trade -- European Union countries
- Banana trade -- Latin America
- Banana trade -- Caribbean Area
- European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Latin America
- Latin America -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries
- European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Caribbean area
- Caribbean area -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries
- Agencies and Organizations
- Agricultural Economics
- Policy and Planning
- International Trade
- Crop Produce
- Musa
- Agricultural trade
- Bananas
- CAP
- Conflict
- International trade
- Multinational corporations
- Politics
- Trade discrimination
- Trade policy
- Trade relations
- World markets
- World Trade Organization
- DD100
- EE110
- EE120
- EE600
- QQ050
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- HD9259.B3 E773 2003eb
In April 2001, the EU and the USA announced the end of a trade dispute over the sale of bananas into the EU market. The EU's allocation of import licences had been found to violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and to discriminate against suppliers from Latin America. This book examines the issues surrounding the dispute, in particular: the dependence of small Caribbean economies on European banana markets; the role of the private sector in influencing public policy; the relation between banana trade and the political tensions of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy; the domestic political influence of banana companies in the USA; and the role of the WTO and its settlement of trade disputes. The book has 10 chapters and a subject index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / T. Josling and T. Taylor -- Overview of the world banana market / M. Paggi and T. Spreen -- European interests in the banana market / S. Tangermann -- The European common banana policy / S. Tangermann -- Evolution of the banana multinationals / T. Taylor -- Banana trade in Latin America / E.R. Brenes and K. Madrigal -- The Caribbean and the banana trade / R. Anderson, T. Taylor and T. Josling -- US interests in the banana trade controversy / J.G. Stovall and D.E. Hathaway -- Bananas and the WTO : testing the new dispute settlement process / T. Josling -- Conclusion / T. Josling and T. Taylor.
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