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pb |
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9781904456438 |
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New Internationalist |
| Release Date: |
2006-09-12 |
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ITEM OVERVIEW
Ransom vividly reveals the realities of trade as experienced by coffee growers in Central America or the workers making jeans in Bangladesh sweatshops. He details the conflicts between the mainly western-owned global corporations and the poorer nations whose natural resources and cheap manpower sustain corporate profits, and who are also the unwilling purchasers of overpriced and inappropriate goods. And he examines the roles played by the WTO, UNCTAD, ILO, IMF, G7, and other powerful organizations hiding behind bland initials. An updated conclusion explains how, as fair trade products are being turned into 'brands' by large corporations, a new contest opens - it is no longer just a question of fair versus free, but what kind of fair trade?
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