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EU suffers defeat in banana wars
I guess the banana wars are over.
The WTO case was brought by Ecuador, which, along with other Latin American countries, claims the EU favours Caribbean and African producers.
The EU said it was considering appealing against the ruling.
The ruling is the latest in a series of WTO decisions against the EU's banana regime - the longest running dispute in WTO history.
If the ruling is upheld, Ecuador will be able to impose trade sanctions on the EU.
'Big victory'
"It's a big victory for us," said Cesar Montano Huerta, from Ecuador's WTO mission.
"But we are still hoping to come out with a solution and negotiations for this issue."
Ecuador, the world's biggest banana exporter, first brought the case in 1996 with Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the US.
Colombia, Nicaragua and Panama have also joined the dispute.
The US does not export bananas to the EU but three large US-based multinationals, including Chiquita, have plantations in the region.
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at 17:54 on April 7th, 2008
Can't we all just get along?
at 18:17 on April 7th, 2008
I was shooting macro yesterday; looking around the house for things of interest. I recall a story about hazards for banana workers: the yellow banana spiders. I also didn't ever remember photos of RIPE bananas. So here's the result...an imperfect but delicious banana.
Morris
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at 18:22 on April 7th, 2008
Great photo!
at 00:01 on April 8th, 2008
Hello there, my name is Chimpy, and boy am I glad to hear that the banana wars are over.
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at 05:28 on April 8th, 2008
This photo was taken at Philadelphia's Italian Market.
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at 06:30 on April 8th, 2008
banana from Thailand
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at 14:46 on April 11th, 2008
Hello my name is Emerson Vasquez from California. A few days ago I was playing with my camera and thinking about what to shoot at with my lenses. I decided to do some macro-photo work and here is the result..... Bananas