Fairtrade?

Question

What do you think Fairtrade is?

Answer 1

Fairtrade is when farmers/ traders get their share in what thay sell. :-)

Answer 2

Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.

Answer 3

Fairtrade is a way for citizens of developed nations to feel morally superior to other people in their nation.  Fairtrade increases the cost of elastic goods such as coffee.  Compare this a tax (because that's essentially what it is).  When elastic goods are taxed people buy less because of the higher cost, and producers make less money no matter who receives the tax revenues.  This means that Fairtrade products cause the producers of those products to lose money.

Answer 4

The opposite of slavery, to put it briefly.

Answer 5

Fair Trade are the goods which are grown in the poorer Countries and they are sold and given a Fair Price for the same to enable them to carry on with their trade. The fair trade was organised to avoid the big concerns stealing them of their earnings

Answer 6

Fairtrade is a way of making farm workers in poor countries much richer than their local comrades, creating a two-tier community which further enslaves those people who can't get jobs with farms that sell to the 'developed' countries...

Answer 7

Paying the farmers/workers of the particular trade a fair amount for the work they're doing, or food they're growing. That way it creates a sustainable industry in which the bottom end of the work chain won't end up getting poorer whilst the top end get richer.