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Ethical Trade Currents - Issue 2 - Summer 2004 Climate, Energy and Poverty FLOI (2003): Generic FairTrade Standards for Hired Labour Fairtrade, an Alternative for Small Farmers and Workers 1 Social Development - 1.1 Fairtrade adds Development Potential - 1.2 Non-Discrimination - 1.3 Forced Labour and Child Labour - 1.4 Freedom of Association & Collective Bargaining - 1.5 Conditions of Employment - 1.6 Occupational Health and Safety 2 Economic Development - 2.1 Fairtrade Premium - 2.2 Export Ability 3 Environmental Development - 3.1 Environment Protection Generic FairTrade Standards for Small Farmers' Organisations Fairtrade, an Alternative for Small Farmers and Workers 1 Social Development - 1.1 Fairtrade adds Development Potential - 1.2 Members are Small Producers - 1.3 Democracy, Participation and Transparency - 1.4 Non-Discrimination 2 Economic Development - 2.1 Fairtrade Premium - 2.2 Export Ability - 2.3 Economic Strengthening of the Organisation 3 Environmental Development - 3.1 Environment Protection 4 Standards on Labour Conditions (applicable if the organisation employs a significant number of workers) - 4.1 Forced Labour and Child Labour - 4.2 Freedom of Association & Collective Bargaining - 4.3 Conditions of Employment - 4.4 Occupational Health and Safety IFAT International Federation for Alternative Trade IFAT - the global network of Fair Trade Organizations. Our mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade. Exclusive use of the FTO Mark, increased visibility, favourable credit payment facilities and numerous opportunities for continuous learning are just a few benefits of IFAT membership.   Global Exchange:Coffee Fair Trade   IFAT: 2003 Report on Fair Trade Trends Equal Exchange. Fair trade Online New Internationalist: Coffee. Spilling the beans Café campesino: Fair Trade Coffee Fair Trade Certified Oxfam America: What is Fair Trade Coffee? Fair Trade Coffee and food products Fair Trade in coffee Why is fair trade better for the environment? E. Bast & T. Sayegh Got Fair Trade? Frontline World: Coffee: Guatemala - Mexico

New Internationalist: Fair trade. The facts Fair Trade: Action Foreign Policy IN FOCUS: trade 7-18-2005 - Bolivians Struggle for Democracy - Nadia Martinez and Juan Montecino 7-14-2005 - The Limits of Cotton: White Gold Shows its Dark Side in Benin Leif Brottem 7-01-2005 - Economic Reform Outpaces Political Reform in Vietnam: Recent Visit Highlights Double Standards in Bush Administration’s Pro-Democracy Rhetoric Ronald Bruce St John 6-23-2005 - DESPUÉS del ALCA: Lecciones de Europa para las Américas Sarah Anderson y John Cavanagh 6-23-2005 - After the FTAA: Lessons from Europe for the Americas Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh 6-23-2005 - The Tsunami’s Aftermath: Reconstruction or Economic Opportunism? Debayani Kar 6-23-2005 - Chinese Influence on the Rise in Latin America Saul Landau 6-21-2005 - The G-8 Debt Deal: First Step On A Long Journey Debayani Kar and Neil Watkins 6-21-2005 - Citizen Complaints Reflect Environment’s Decline Under NAFTA Talli Nauman 6-16-2005 - When Wearing White is Not Chic, and Collaboration Not Cool Patrick Bond, Dennis Brutus, and Virginia Setshedi 6-08-2005 - The Iglesias Legacy and the IDB’s Future Nadia Martinez 6-03-2005 - CAFTA’s Debt Trap Aldo Caliari   Texas Fair Trade Coalition Transfair Canada: Fair Trade Resources Materials

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