The unbearable arrogance of the world's only superpower

Article Abstract:

It is becoming increasingly common for the US to show insensitivity in its dealings with other countries. This has been highlighted most recently in the dispute with the European Union over trade in bananas. The administration of President Bill Clinton is demanding that the European Union adheres closely to international trade regulations, but at the same time effectively indicates that only US rules have any real significance. The Clinton administration has become particularly blatant in its presentation of US interests as international moral imperatives. The US is the only world superpower, and therefore cannot be held to account.

Analysis, Column

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From St Lucia to Scotland, jobs are put at risk in banana war

Article Abstract:

The US has threatened to introduce large increases in import taxes, effectively doubling prices, on a wide range of goods from Mar 15, 1999, unless the European Union abolishes discrimination against banana sales from St Lucia and Latin America. Trade disputes between the US and the European Union are usually settled at the last minute, but this conflict has an extra dimension in the form of the US threat to ban Concorde in response to new European rules under which aircraft must be less noisy. A rise in import taxes would affect a wide range of industries, including food and plastics.

Taxes, Laws, regulations and rules, International trade regulation

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Small islands watch helplessly as their green gold is devalued by vengeful US

Article Abstract:

The decision by the US to launch a trade war with Europe over European concessions towards bananas from former colonies has been greeted with dismay by banana producers in the Caribbean. They find it hard to understand why the US has selected Caribbean bananas, which account for only a very small proportion of the world banana trade, as the focus of its trade conflict with Europe. Many observers feel that the US is simply seeking to assert itself in the face of changes in Europe that could prove threatening to US supremacy.

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