00671nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000190001724500510003626000090008752004580009658300190055420260716043839.0  aMandle, Jay R.  aWindward Islands bananas in the global economy  c2000  aDiscusses the background and structure of the banana industry in the Windward Islands.  Outlines the content of the banana marketing regime that was introduced in Europe in 1993, and reviews the responses of multinational corporations to that marketing system.  Reports on the rulings by the WTO that invalidated the European System of importing bananas.  Discusses the response by the Winwards' industry to those rulings and the future of the industry.  c10/24/07kJOYD