The European Commission has filed an appeal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against a ruling stating banana import tariffs into the EU discriminated against Latin American countries.

Latin American suppliers had seen a 10 per cent increase in market access in recent years, which the European Commission says the WTO ruling did not take into account.

Yesterday’s announcement, reported on Forbes, is the latest move in the so-called “banana wars”.

In May, the WTO said that Brussels favoured imports from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.

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