Brussels, 09/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council of Ministers cannot be held liable for losses incurred by European companies following customs restrictions imposed by the US during the 1998-2001 “banana wars”. That was the judgment of the Court of Justice on 9 September, rejecting the appeals by several European exporters who had claimed that the Council was responsible for the American response by its imposing higher duties on bananas imported from the United States. The Court,...