1 Genuine free trade in which there are no attempts to have hidden subsidies to export industries and protection of domestic industries to prevent imports, e.g. by imposing rigorous quality controls. Without fair trading in the EU, the Single Market...

Fair trade's strategic intent is to deliberately work with marginalised producers and workers in order to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic self-sufficiency. It also aims at empowering them to become stakeholders...