Banana Trade Case Study

Question 1

Main global importers

Answer 1

USA/EU

Question 2

Main global exporters

Answer 2

• Latin America

- ACP

Question 3

What environmental issues does banana production cause?

Answer 3

• Shipping type used accounts for 5% of global emissions.
• Entire process produces large amounts of CO2 and waste
• Deforestation for plantations
• Fertilisers/Fungicides in the soil can contaminate water

Question 4

What happened at the 1975 stage of the Banana Trade War?

Answer 4

European Economic Community - LOME convention: preferential tariff free quota to former EU colonies

Question 5

What happened at the 1992 stage of the Banana Trade War?

Answer 5

European market formed. LOME integrated into a regulation. TNCs file a complaint against EU.

Question 6

What happened at the 1999 stage of the Banana Trade War?

Answer 6

Clinton administration imposes sanction on EU

Question 7

What happened at the Geneva 2009 stage of the Banana Trade War?

Answer 7

EU agrees to gradually reduce tariffs on Latin American bananas. $176/ tonne > $75

Question 8

What inequalities were at play?

Answer 8

ACP countries have least power. TNCs pressurise government. Throughout WTO against protectionism.