is fair trade actually fair?
I'm making a book about fair trade for a project and want to know peoples opinions on fair trade before i begin researching. I want to find out how much peoples preconceptions differ to the facts. Thanks!
I'm making a book about fair trade for a project and want to know peoples opinions on fair trade before i begin researching. I want to find out how much peoples preconceptions differ to the facts. Thanks!
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If a country or a firm cannot meet the requirements of the fair trade organization for some reason beyond their control, they can be disadvantaged by the market power conferred on the members who are able to meet the requirements. So to the extent that an argument might be made that criteria for inclusion in the fair trade market bloc or cartel could be arbitrary or based on something other than what the societies involved would consider fair, then I think fair trade can indeed be unfair to some.