Searching for fairness in fairtrade

Jerome Ballet and Aurélie Carimentrand ()
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No 72010, Working Papers from Fonds pour la Recherche en Ethique Economique

Abstract: The purpose of FairTrade is to influence world trade, and reduce the unfairness of exchanges. In this article we point out that so far it has done little to increase justice at the global and local levels. This is because it is increasingly adopting the logic of conventional trade. Nevertheless, paradoxically, it could help to improve things by promoting the relocalisation of exchanges between countries or regions that have the same level of development, a prospect that currently cannot be excluded.

Keywords: Fairtrade; Fairness; global justice; local justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2010
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