21.   The banana dispute has rumbled on for years.

22.   The banana dispute has taken the WTO into new legal waters and nobody seems to know quite how to deal with it.

23.   The banana trade dispute between the United States and the European Union returned to the World Trade Organization Wednesday with neither side changing its position.

24.   The EU says it will not negotiate over the real issues involved in the banana dispute while the threatened sanctions hang over its head.

25.   The officials said inflation, currency instability and dropping wages were some of the effects that could result from the banana dispute.

26.   The WTO has already ruled against the EU in the banana dispute, prompting Europe to modify its import rules.

27.   The United States has been widely criticized for retaliating against the EU in the banana dispute before receiving final WTO approval.

28.   The United States has put off its demand to start immediate sanctions against the European Union in the long-running banana dispute, trade officials said Wednesday.

29.   The United States was widely criticized for retaliating against the EU in the banana dispute before receiving final WTO approval.

30.   The World Trade Organization has called an emergency meeting to discuss the growing banana trade dispute between the United States and the European Union.