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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9599

12 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
WTO decision against Community banana import system sets “bad precedent”, Commission says

Brussels, 11/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - “The United States has been proved right in this dispute with the EU” over banana imports, a US government official, who wished to remain anonymous, said on 8 February. On 29 June 2007, the US government followed several Latin American countries in registering a complaint at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the new EU import system put in place in 2006 (see EUROPE 9459). The EU, having already been found guilty several times in the 1990s...

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