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Article: Survival by association: Supply Management Landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean
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- Economic Geography
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- July 1, 1998
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Survival by Association: Supply Management Landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean. By Barbara M. Welch. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996.
Since the integration of the European Single Market in 1992, bananas have become the stuff of heated international trade politics. This seemingly innocuous and common fruit has pitted Germans against French, the United States against the European Union, and sparked legal disputes that have been brought before World Trade Organization panels and the European Court of Justice. At stake are the principles of fair trade, the rights of consumer choice, and the livelihood of thousands of farmers in the Eastern Caribbean islands. Long-standing ...