Introduction -- The beginnings -- A benevolent empire -- The Windward Islands -- Banana Wars in the Commonwealth -- Judicial review and resolve to reform -- The European Community: pre-1993 -- The market and the major players -- Negotiating the new regime -- The first GATT challenges, 1993-94 -- The birth of the WTO: compromise at Marrakesh -- Chiquita and the US campaign -- The First WTO case -- A disputed conformity -- Spin and reality -- Seeking an agreed solution -- Cotonou complications -- Winners and losers -- A threatened future -- prospects for survival -- Equitable trading? -- Reflections on the WTO -- Post-mortem -- Afterword / Edison James -- Appendix: a climate of uncertainty.