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Written by a diplomat with firsthand experience of the campaign on behalf of the Caribbean banana producing countries
Uses the case study of Chiquita to illustrate the clash between corporate and national interest in trade policy
Shows how the US was involved in the dismantling of the EU banana regime
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“This book provides an insightful explanation of United States’ involvement in dismantling the EU banana regime and its harmful repercussions for the Caribbean banana exporting countries. It illustrates concerns for protecting the narrow commercial interest of a US Company, Chiquita, the corporate successor of the United Fruit Company. The experience indicates that Chiquita’s success in having the United States dismantle the EU regime was detrimental to US national security interests in the Caribbean. This well written book will be of special interest to those in international relations, diplomacy, corporate governance and all those interested in the constantly shifting interactions among competing interests and actors: political parties, corporations, business associations, individuals, government departments, think tanks, non-government organizations and even foreign governments.” (Edward J. Greene, Chancellor, University of Guyana)
“Chiquita's capture of American trade policy towards the European Union in the 1990s truly turned the United States itself into a banana republic. At last, this extraordinary story has found its chronicler. Bernal is a top trade economist from the Caribbean and was personally involved in all of the diplomacy surrounding the issue as Jamaica's ambassador to the US from 1991 to 2001.” (Anthony Payne, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield)
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Book Title: Corporate versus National Interest in US Trade Policy
Book Subtitle: Chiquita and Caribbean Bananas
Authors: Richard L. Bernal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56950-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56949-5Published: 01 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56952-5Published: 02 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56950-1Published: 31 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 283
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Economics, Development Economics, Latin American and Caribbean Economics