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The Latin American banana producers could create a “common front” to force the European Union (EU) to honor its promise of reducing tariffs. The European bloc took a step backwards in the negotiations with Latin American countries and showed its real face under the cooperation mask it uses to promote free trade agreements. The Costa Rican banana producers are promoting a summit of Latin American fruit exporting countries against the EU’s refusal to sign what it had agreed with the region on Sunday, which implied a tariff reduction on bananas under the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round.

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