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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10041

16 December 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
End of long-lasting banana war

Brussels, 15/12/2009 (Agence Europe) -The European Union, Latin American producer countries (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela) and other banana-producer third countries, such as the Philippines and Thailand, reached an agreement in Geneva on Monday 14 December, bringing the banana war, the world's longest running trade dispute, to an end. The agreement, submitted on Tuesday for signature by the Ambassadors of the...

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