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Ten Thousand Villages allows people to do some Christmas shopping while helping improve the lives of people in developing countries, and a fair in Nova Scotia brought out many shoppers.
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Hidden deep within the Golden Triangle of Northern Thailand, nestled in the foothills of Elephant Mountain under a canopy of rain forest foliage, the indigenous Akha Hill Tribe cultivates and process organically grown single estate premium Arabica coffee.
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In an effort to help reduce poverty in Peru, the Japanese government has reiterated its partnership with the South American country.
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Vancouver, Canada, is the home away from home for thousands of immigrants and there are a lot of things happening here that relate to these immigrants, especially those from Africa.
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Twenty million. That is the number of fair trade roses African farmers were forced to dump as a result of the Icelandic ash clouds. A disaster was in the pipeline with many small farms heading for bankruptcy if Europe would not have opened its airspace.
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Free trade has been beneficial for the GE plant outside Cincinnati but it has hurt many others in Ohio and Michigan. John McCain looks workers straight in the eye and tells them that some jobs will never return to the United States.
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World Fair Trade Day is celebrated every second Saturday of May, and is endorsed by the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT),This year's theme is "Fair Trade + Ecology".
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Fair trade Headlines
India and Russia boycott a major international trade fair in Zimbabwe in protest against the country's policy of taking control of foreign companies.
Payday lenders are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading amid concerns that customers are not being treated fairly.
US President Barack Obama says China needs to follow fair trade practices as it plays an increasingly important global role.
Gym membership contracts are to be put under the spotlight by the fair trading regulator, following customer complaints.
The Office of Fair Trading has concluded that extended warranties on items such as washing machines are not a good deal.
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Chocolate, dried fruit, olive oil, tea and coffee were among the fair trade foods available at the Ten Thousand Villages fair.
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