Fairtrade Foundation launches petition to invent trade more equitable amid fears that UK backing for lifting of quotas could mar sustainable development pushThousands of sugar farmers in developing countries could be driven into poverty because of an EU decision to lift quotas on sugar production from 2017,the Fairtrade Foundation said as it launched an online campaign to push Britain to “invent trade fair” in the run-up to a UN summit on development next week.
Fairtrade said UK support for the EU reform was an “example of government policy incoherence” and showed how trade decisions could undermine Britain’s commitment to stop global poverty through the sustainable development goals, to be adopted at the UN summit.
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Source: theguardian.com