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Is free trade fair trade?

Free Trade vs. Fair Trade?

  • Will the boycott of free trade products and the support of fair trade products by consumers lead to a more equitable economic system for the United States? This is my debate question.

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    Free trade = countries trading without any barirers ie quota/tarrif Fair trade = the workers in 'lower GDP' countries actually get paid You cant really boycot free trade (unless you are 95-100% of the consumers). If everything was fair trade yes, it could be more equitable for the workers. I would debate that you cant really boycott free trade, and even if you could people wouldn't want to pay the extra price it cost to do so (opertunity and accounting)

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What's a "free trade product"? I'm not convinced your debate question is rational. Fair trade IS free trade - in fact, it's "freer" free trade then "free trade", since it attempts to balance the market power of the rich west and it's agricultural and trade policies, thus making the playing field more level.

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