The essay tried to elucidate the effects of fair trade in the global world. Fair trade as the name implies has really made some positive changes in the life of so many economically disadvantaged farmers, workers and produced. Workers who were unable to afford basic amenities of life can testify to these positive changes like electricity, quick access to hospital using ambulances, increased wages.
Surprisingly not all are happy. Critics have argued that there is unreasonable distribution of wealth, that multinational companies take advantage of the Fair trade Certification Mark to market their products which do not pass the fair trade test. They believe that workers are suffering to make money for all these companies instead of themselves. Most poor African countries are not benefiting from Fair trade because they do not get the opportunity to market their products and when they do, the money they get are far lower than what will come out of the end products.
The idea of Fair trade is a wonderful one but checks should be put in place to monitor against abuse of fair trade certification mark. There should reasonable distribution of money realized. In addition the issue of marginalization should be looked into and countries with potential products should be involved and encouraged to sell their products outside their boundaries.
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