“FREE” Trade values Profits over People and the Planet
- Policies that favor large corporations and factory farms(?)
- Little or no support or up-front funding for small entrepreneurs
- Limited worker wages and rights
- Exploitation of the earth’s natural resources
FAIR Trade values People and the Planet over Profit
- Economic development and partnership business models
- Higher worker income and investment in community needs
- Environmental preservation and restoration
- Human Rights: no child labor, no forced labor