A dispute over this good triggered a trade war with a 100% tariff on EU cashmere sweaters and pecorino cheese. Ernst Otto Stalinski argued that he had been kidnapped as part of a “war” over this commodity when representing the company Fyffes (“FIFES”). This good was the subject of a 1976 case that made it easier to ban cartels, United Brands v. Commission. In a series of GATT and WTO cases in the 1990s and 2000s, Latin American countries sued European ones over (*) preferential status to a group of former colonies for importing this good. Producers of this good that stuck with Gros Michel lost market share when Panama Disease encouraged a shift to its Cavendish variety. An infamous Euromyth claims these objects must be straight rather than bent. For 10 points, name this fruit, the primary product of the company Chiquita. ■END■
ANSWER: bananas [or Musa; or plantains; prompt on fruit]
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