Brussels, 20/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Not surprisingly, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on Monday 19 May, found for the United States which challenged the banana import scheme put in place by the EU in 2006. In April, the WTO disputes settlement board reached the same conclusion on a complaint from Ecuador (see EUROPE 9638).
On 29 June 2007, the United States called for a WTO compliance panel to be set up, on the grounds that the EU had not brought its banana import scheme into line...