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A fair trade law was a statute in any of various states of the United States that permitted manufacturers the right to specify the minimum retail price of a commodity, a practice known as "price maintenance". Such laws first appeared in 1931 during the Great Depression in the state of California. They were ostensibly intended to protect small ...
Fair trade, by this definition, is a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. Fair trade organizations, backed by consumers, support producers, raise awareness and campaign for changes in the rules and practice of conventional international trade. [3]
Long title: An Act to provide for the appointment of a Director General of Fair Trading and of a Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, and to confer on the Director General and the Committee so appointed, on the Secretary of State, on the Restrictive Practices Court and on certain other courts new functions for the protection of consumers; to make provision, in substitution for the ...
Unless the buyers are linked to a quality supply chain (such as a fair trade or organic supply chain), the buyers normally do not provide any capacity-building to improve the quality of the product and thus gain a higher price. Fair trade, when practiced well, must provide full transparency in terms of pricing, weighing, and quality standards.
The collapse of the International Coffee Agreement [11] in 1989 fueled the extraordinary growth of the fair trade coffee market, providing a powerful narrative for a new breed of fair trade brand that engaged producers directly in consumer operations. Cafédirect is a good example of this new thinking and was the first fair trade brand to be ...
The Fairtrade Mark is an international independent consumer Mark which appears on products as a guarantee that producers and traders have met fair trade standards. The Fairtrade Mark is owned and protected by Fairtrade International, on behalf of its 25-member and associate member labeling initiatives and producer networks.
Fair trade is a social movement to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions. Fairtrade or fair trade may also refer to: World Fair Trade Organisation, a global community of verified Fair Trade Enterprises; Fair trade law, a law in the United States permitting manufacturers to specify a minimum retail price
Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on January 3, 1975 The Trade Act of 1974 ( Pub. L. 93–618 , 88 Stat. 1978 , enacted January 3, 1975 , codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 12 [ 1 ] ) was passed to give the President more power in matters of trade agreements and tariffs.