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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9706

18 July 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Commission prepared to agree to cut duty on EU banana imports

Brussels, 17/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - Just ahead of a crucial ministerial meeting on the future of World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade talks (see related article), the European Commission announced on Wednesday 16 July 2008 that it has agreed to discuss a proposal to cut EU import duty on bananas as a gesture to Latin American 'dollar' banana growing countries which have been challenging the EU's import system for years at the WTO (see EUROPE 9664). But this proposal has to be adopted by...

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