由5个拉美香蕉生产国和美国组成的“六国香蕉集团”发表了一项声明,要求欧盟在1999年1月1日之前建立平等的、符合世界贸易组织规定的香蕉贸易制度。 厄瓜多尔、危地马拉、洪都拉斯、墨西哥、巴拿马和美国的代表1998年8月18日在出席此间举行的一次会议时发表了上述声明。该声明批评了欧盟在香蕉贸易问题上采取的配额措施,并指出这些措施违背了世界贸易组织仲裁机构通过的有关决议。 The “Group of Six Banana Bananas,” which consists of five Latin American banana producers and the United States, issued a statement demanding that the EU establish an equal banana trade system in line with the provisions of the World Trade Organization by January 1, 1999. The above statements were made by the representatives of Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and the United States during their attendance at a meeting here on 18 August 1998. The statement criticized the EU’s quota measures adopted on the issue of banana trade and pointed out that these measures run counter to the relevant resolution passed by the WTO’s arbitration body.