Free Trade and Fair Trade All over work places and school campuses around the world you can be sure to find cocoa‚ coffee and certain other products that are labeled “free trade‚” but is fair trade the same as free trade? “Free” and “fair” are powerful‚ often abused words when applied to the concept of trade. I will attempt to clarify the differences between free and fair trade‚ show how they may overlap‚ and the beneficial in each system. Deliberate trade benefits both the buyer and the seller
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“Completely free trade would be fair. ‘Fair trade’ encourages people to stay in uncompetitive sectors in which they will always be poor.” Discuss. The concept of the ‘Fair Trade’ initiative can be summarised with reasonable simplicity; “Fair Trade works to alleviate poverty in the global South through a strategy of ‘trade‚ not aid‚’ improving farmer and worker livelihoods through direct sales‚ better prices and stable market links‚ as well as support for producer organizations and communities”
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The Challenges of Fair Trade Historically‚ coffee cultivation had brought a positive influence in developing countries to alleviate rural poverty. Paige (1997) and Williams (1994) also claimed that coffee cultivation had enabled households to develop their land holdings in sustainable‚ high return activity‚ and gainfully employ their family labor (as cited in Barham‚ Gitter‚ Lewis & Weber‚ 2011‚ p. 116). However‚ the global coffee market has fallen into crisis in recent years. A research conducted
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TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Organic Products/Local produce 1.2 Fair Trade Products 2.0 FACTS AND FIGURES 3.0 GROWTH PROSPECTS 4.0 MARKETING INITIATIVES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS 5.0 EXISTING AND NEW PRODUCTS 6.0 AWARENESS‚ ATTITUDES & BEHAVIOURS OF CONSUMERS 6.1 ’Fair-trade Man ’ 7.0 FAIR-TRADE LABELLING ORGANIZATION 8.0 SECONDARY RESEARCH 8.1 The average spender 8.2 Suppliers 9.0 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 10.0 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH 11.0 FUTURE 12.0 CONCLUSION 13.0 REFERENCES
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Alvin Lau 10/27/12 Fjelstad Anth 115 T Tr 9 – 10:15 Commodity Chain : Coffee Fair Trade Throughout history‚ coffee growers have always been exploited. Since it was first introduced to countries such as Brazil and Vietnam‚ two largest producers of coffee‚ their people were forced into production in basically slave like conditions. Although slavery no longer exists‚ coffee producers still operated in harsh working conditions and received poor wages. After poor regulation in the 1990’s
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Summary “UK develops taste for fair trade” The article is published on the “The Guardian” official web page. It is written by unknown author from The Guardian company. The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper which was 1821‚ developed through centuries and is now one of the most popular daily news source of Great Britain. As the headline implies it is devoted to the free trade which has developed since 60s and is helping farmers and poor people not to go bankrupt by exporting their
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Fair Trade Letter Fair Trade is a trading partnership‚ based on dialogue‚ transparency and respect‚ that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to‚ and securing the rights of‚ marginalized producers and workers – especially in the South. It provides a living wage. That is a wage high enough to provide the basics in that community. It ensures that the farmer gets decent working conditions‚ that children cannot
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Economics essay: Is free trade ever fair trade Every one of us has probably seen reports or heard something about demonstrations against globalization when international organizations like the WTO meet. One example was the G8 meeting in July 2001. So we have to ask us the question why there are some people who protest against globalization and also against the free trade the WTO stands for. The main complain and concern of these groups is unfairness. They say free trade is unfair‚ the low wages
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Fair Trade Versus Free Trade Cohort 4 believes that fair trade is the most prosperous way to trade with other countries. Both free trade and fair trade have advantages and disadvantages. The researchers in Cohort 4 have established a viewpoint regarding fair trade and free trade. Considering the research that the cohort has conducted‚ they are in opposition to free trade. The terms free and fair trade sometimes go hand-in-hand but there are distinct differences between the two. According to Wikipedia
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