Shaping the Future of NYC

Obama supports the new FTA and is confident in the mutually beneficial relationship.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/15/obama-us-colombia-free-trade-agreement_n_1427144.html

A potentially harmful decision for the fair trade movement

http://www.source4style.com/trends/the-academy/whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/

Nicely summarizes the efforts of the leading third party fair trade certifier.

http://fairtradeusa.org/about-fair-trade-usa/mission

This is good news for those criticizing them for not doing much about factory conditions of their suppliers. They’re rich, but that also means that they can afford this. The spin of improving competitive strength should appease shareholders.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-foxconn-idUSBRE84907J20120510

From one of Ned’s favorite research/ think tank organizations. It would be wise to read over.

http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/02/27/free-trade-and-jobs/

Come on Nike…

What is Fair Trade?????

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/business/global/conundrum-for-europe-fair-versus-free-trade.html

http://www.griffithsspeaker.com/Fairtrade/Ethical%20Objections%20to%20Fairtrade%20web.pdf