The European Parliament’s international trade committee voted overwhelmingly (33 votes in favour and one abstention) on Monday 26 September for amendment of EU rules on the stabilisation mechanisms for bananas contained in the free-trade agreements between the EU and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and between the EU and Central America in order to provide better protection for banana producers in the outermost regions (ORs), who will soon have to contend with the entry of Ecuadorian bananas...