The Banana Wars were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish–American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934.
What happened in the banana republic?
The coup d'état was consequence of the Dávila government's having slighted the Cuyamel Fruit Company by colluding with the rival United Fruit Company to award them a monopoly contract for the Honduran banana, in exchange for the UFC's brokering of U.S. government loans to Honduras.
How the EU and the US fought a banana trade war?
During the banana wars between the U.S. and the EU, tariffs touched 100%. One side had banana quotas and tariffs and the other taxed Pecorino cheese and cashmere sweaters. Domestic politics influenced a President and countries ignored a WTO decision.
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