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Keeping the fact of these gross inequalities in mind, it is difficult to see how anyone can honestly claim that «fair trade» has actually been achieved.
Claims of «fair trade» can be profound exaggerations, misleading and inaccurate.
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To say «This is fair trade » to workers whose pay only allows for a quality of life grossly out of step with that of the buyers (or with the owners of the businesses in which they work) —
To claim and say to such workers «This is fair» is shocking and in itself a great injustice.
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