Brussels, 18/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission may adopt a proposal inviting Member States to give it a negotiating brief at the WTO with a view to setting in place the new Community banana import regime. In conformity with the agreement signed in 2001 with the United States and Ecuador to put an end to the "banana war", the EU had undertaken to no longer protect the European market from 1 January 2006 on except with customs duties, and therefore to abolish...