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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7956

3 May 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bananas
Banana affair draws to an end - Commission adopts regulation for new import regime

Brussels, 02/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The trade dispute over bananas - one of the most drawn out and complex in the history of the WTO - entered its last lap on Monday evening with the conclusion of an agreement between the Union and Ecuador. The agreement confirms, in its broad lines, the compromise reached three weeks earlier with the United States (see EUROPE of 12 April). On Wednesday, the European Commission moved on to the next stage with the adoption of a regulation that will allow...

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