The Banana: Empires, Trade Wars, and Globalization

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?dZ[n Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations African banana industry, xxi, , , , , agricultural trade and the World Trade Organization, – Corporation, Antilles Products Ltd., associate producers, – , – , – Banana Development Corporation ( ), Banana Development Corporation of Guatemala ( ), The Banana Empire (Kepner and Soothill), , Banana Framework Agreement, the: Caribbean response to, – ; rulings about, – banana industry, the: associate producers in, – , – , – ; commercial processes in, – ; competition in, – ; critiques of, – ; dispute settlement in, – , – ; and empire growth, – ; first stage of, – , – , ; geographic realm of, xxi–xxii, xxxi, , – , – , – , , , – , , – , – ; globalization of, xii–xiii, xviii–xxii, , , – ; generated by, – ; during the Great Depression, – ; growers associations and, – , , , n ; horizontal integration of, – ; innovative technologies in, – ; isolation of, – , – , – ; labor issues in, – , – , – , – , – , – , nn – ; land acquisition and, – ; licensing systems and, – , – , , – ; niche market strategy of, – ; quotas of, – , – , n ; railroads and, – , – , ; second stage of, – ; and shipping, – , , – , – ; state-run systems and, – ; subsidies and, – , ; subsystems and, xiii– xiv; third stage of, – ; vertical integration of, – ; volume of trade in, xii; wages in, – , , , ; war of and, – , – . See also banana war, U.S.-EU; competitiveness Banana Protocol. See Lomé Conventions bananas: farmers of, – , – , – ; introduction of to U.S. | Index bananas (cont.) consumers, xvii; marketing of, xvii, ; native origin of, – ; packing of, – , – , , n , n ; Panama Disease and, , – , , ; peasant farmers and, – , – ; perishable nature of, – , – ; Sigatoka negra and, – , ; varieties of, – banana war, U.S.-EU: agreement over, – ; and competitiveness issues, xix–xx; and economies of scale issues, xx; and first-come, first-served controversy , – ; free trade issues and, xix; impact on labor of, – ; impact of on small states, – ; media coverage of, xvii; quota and licensing revisions and, – ; research and, xxii–xxv; resolution of, – ; Single European Market ( ) and, xii–xiii; U.S. enters, – ; U.S. sanctions and, – ; un- finished agenda, – ; vertical integration issues, xx banana war of , – Banana Watch, – Barshefsky, Charlene, Belgium, , , Belize: banana industry stages in, , – ; Council Regulation and, , , , , – ; farmers in, – ; geography of, – , ; Lomé Convention and, – ; tourism in, Black, Eli, , Boston Fruit Company, Brittan, Leon, Calderón Guardia, Rafael, Cameroon, , , Caribbean Banana Exporters Association ( ), Caribbean banana industry, xxi; banana growers associations in, – ; colonialism and, – ; Council Regulation / and, – ; debt crises and, ; diversi fication and, – ; French West Indies and, – ; future of, – ; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and, ; Lomé Convention and, – ; nontraditional agricultural exports and, – ; origins of, – ; peasant farmers and social structure of, – ; peasant farmers production system and, – , ; railroads and, – ; and relationship between banana farmers and Geest, – ; response by to the Banana Framework Agreement, – ; response by to the Council Regulation, ; shipping and, , – ; vulnerability of, – . See also Belize; individual nations Castle and Cook Inc., – Central American Improvement Company, Index | Central Intelligence Agency ( ), Charles, Eugenia, Chiquita, , , , , – , , , coffee production, – , , n Cold War, , Colombia, ; Banana Framework Agreement and, – ; banana zones in, ; Council Regulation / and, , Colombian Land Company, colonialism, – ; Suriname and, – Comercializadora Multinacional de Banano. See commissaries, – Common Market of the South ( ), xi, xix communism, – , , – competitiveness: agriculture and, – ; debt crises and need for, – ; diversification and, – , – ; economies of scale and, xx, – ; elements of, – ; labor issues and, – ; niche market strategy and, – ; rise of, – , – ; of small states, – ; tariff-quotas and, – Compton, John, (Comercializadora Multinacional de Banano), Costa Rica, , , ; Banana Framework Agreement and, – , , ; Council Regulation / and, – , ; of, , ; horizontal integration of the banana industry and, – ; labor issues in, – , – , , nn – ; land acquisitions in, – ; Panama Disease in, – ; railroads in, – ; Soto-Keith contract and, – ; tariffs in, – n Cotonou Agreement, – , , , , Council Regulation ( ) / , – ; and agreement, – ; implementation of, – ; licensing systems and, – ; policy priorities and, – ; quotas and, – ; reaction to, – , – , – , – ; revision of, – . See also European Union (EU) Cuyamel Fruit Company, , , de Berlanga, Tomás, debt crises, Del Monte Corporation, – , , , Denmark, , denouncement laws, DiGiorgio Fruit Company, diseases of bananas: Panama Disease, – , – , , ; Sigatoka negra, – , dispute settlement in the , – , – diversification, economic: challenges of, – ; outcomes of, – ; in small states, – Dole, , , | Index Dominica, – , , , , , , ; competitiveness in, – ; Council Regulation / and, , – ; diversification in, – ; growers associations in, n ; Lomé Convention and, , ; tourism in, . See also Caribbean banana industry Dominican Republic, , economies of scale, xx, – Ecuador, – , ; banana war and, – ; complaints to the ฀by, – ; Council Regulation / and, – , , – ; labor issues in, – , ; and reaction to the Council Regulation, – ; sanctions levied by, , Eisenhower, Dwight, – El Salvador, ethnic niche markets, European Currency Unit ( ), n European Economic Community ( ), ; and Council Regulation / , – European Union (EU), xi, xii–xiii; trade policy and, xxi–xxii; Banana Framework Agreement and, – ; banana growers associations and, – ; complaints against, – ; firstcome , first-served controversy and, – ; and free trade issues, xix; the French West Indies and, – ; and licensing system for banana imports, – ; Lomé Conventions and, – ; ordered to comply with rules, – ; policy priorities of, – ; pre- banana trading policies and, – ; revises Council Regulation / in response to complaints, – ; Suriname and, – . See also banana war, U.S.-EU; Council Regulation ( ) / ; Single European Market ( ) Exportadora...