Formerly Clean Calgary Association

Green Calgary

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Dec
11
2009

Isn’t Free Trade Already Fair?

I am seeing a lot more items in the grocery store labeled “fair trade” and this, to be quite frank, confuses me. Isn’t the point of free trade to make everything fair? Politicians are always suggesting we need more free trade agreements to deal with poverty, so the whole fair trade argument seems counterintuitive. Can you provide some clarity on this?

Many thanks,

Karen

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