21.   The European Union has appealed an international ruling barring it from favoring banana growers in its former colonies, officials confirmed Thursday.

22.   The European Union trade policy allows Caribbean banana growers duty-free entry.

23.   The WTO on Monday ruled in favor of U.S. and Latin American banana growers, who complained the current European import system violated international trade accords.

24.   The WTO ruling follows complaints by banana growers in the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico.

25.   The World Trade Organization has agreed with U.S. complaints that the European benefits are unfair to Central American banana growers and their U.S.-owned fruit distributors.

26.   The WTO ruling followed complaints by banana growers in the United States, Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala.

27.   The WTO suit championed banana growers in Latin America who felt discriminated by the regime.

28.   The WTO suit championed banana growers in Latin America who felt discriminated by the new regime.

29.   These hybrids are to be introduced to banana growers with the aim of giving them alternative banana clones to grow in otherwise abandoned Fusarium Wilt-infected areas.