What are the similarities between the concepts of fair trade and free trade?


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What are the similarities between the concepts of fair trade and free trade?


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For this discussion, you will need to click on the following link http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala.mexico/ and watch the following Frontline Video on Guatemala/Mexico: Coffee Country Can fair trade save the farm? Before you watch the video read the following questions and try to think about them as you watch the video: • What are the similarities between the concepts of fair trade and free trade? What are the differences? • Does fair trade have to be limited to high-quality coffee beans? Why or why not? • Why don’t the coffee farmers drink coffee? Why is there no domestic market for coffee in Guatemala and only one Starbucks in Mexico (at the time of the video)? • If coffee growers are getting so little money for their product, what explains the cost of a $5 coffee drink from a coffee stand? What other expenses are involved in the product chain? • What are the ethical questions that emerge from the globalization of production? Is the consumer of a cup of coffee complicit in the type of lifestyle the producer can afford? • How is the collapse of wholesale coffee prices in Central America affected migration patterns within the Americas? Only one reference