FTG

Advantages

• ✓The paper emphasizes ethical consumerism and the responsibility of consumers to avoid exploitative trade by purchasing fair trade coffee.
• ✓Fair trade coffee generally provides higher prices to coffee farmers compared to conventional coffee, benefiting their working conditions.
• ✓The article highlights the positive effects of fair trade on income and welfare of producers in participating regions.
• ✓It underscores the importance of global justice and duties to assist foreigners in improving conditions in their societies.
• ✓The concept of minimally just societies helps frame the ethical considerations around fair trade and exploitation.
• ✓The analysis considers the responsibility of intermediaries like roasters in trade fairness, not just end consumers.
• ✓Empirical evidence suggests fair trade premiums can improve farmers' livelihoods in countries with weak labor protections, like Guatemala.
• ✓Consumers are encouraged to make ethical choices when there are options for non-exploitative trade.
• ✓Fair trade can be complementary to broader ethical engagement and aid, rather than a substitution.
• ✓The paper discusses guidelines for balancing responsibilities to assist foreigners and to avoid exploitation in trade.