"The fair trade movement, also known as the trade justice movement, promotes the use of labour, environmental and social standards for the production of commodities, particularly those exported from the Third and Second Worlds to the First World. " - Check the dispute on the neutrality of this definition here
After reading Adam's comment I was a little concerned about the concept of Fair Trade. So, I did some research and realized that translating Fair for Justo in this specific case is very very tricky.
Why?
- Fair Trade (1) basically means poor and developing countries raising their production standards to compite with industrialized countries
- Fair Trade (2) as I tried to translate it, refers to trade where standards promote equal opportunties for organizations in different countries to compite.
Examples
- Fair Trade (1) - All organizations who wants to enter the Global Markets must be ISO 9001, 14000 and 26000 certified
- Fair Trade (2) - Technology Transfer will be supported to increase the competitiveness of organizations in developing and poor countries.
More on trade soon...
Don't worry, I know where I am heading. I just want to state some opinions before going back to the random posts :)
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