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It seems that many merchants and shoppers do not realize that when they demand low prices it is individual workers who pay the difference. Workers' earnings are cut – often to less that what is recognized as minimum survival standards.
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Fair trade?
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People often talk enthusiastically about fair trade, but how realistic is it to make this claim?
In a grossly unfair world, to claim that any trade is «fair» is a big statement.
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The assertion is all the more interesting considering that it is probably trade, more than anything else, that has created so much inequality and injustice for the world's people.
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