31.   The North American Free Trade Agreement has cut into Caribbean textile exports, while Washington is supporting an effort to eliminate European market advantages enjoyed by Caribbean banana producers.

32.   The Windward Islands Banana Development Co. is owned by the governments of banana producers St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Dominica and Grenada.

33.   Washington also is supporting an effort to eliminate European market advantages enjoyed by Caribbean banana producers.

34.   Caribbean banana producers were up in arms over the complaint, insisting that a US victory would spell disaster for their economies and lead to grave social consequences.

35.   It imposed quotas on Latin-American banana producers, most of whose output is distributed by US companies.