Definitions

fair trade

NOUN

legal and equitable trade

Synonyms

WEAK

balance of trade fair-trading managed prices multilateral trade reciprocal trade

Example Sentences

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Fair-trade models offer a solution to this dilemma by giving a human face to the producers of what we buy.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016

SAT Fair-trade crafts from Ten Thousand Villages, donations to causes as gifts from 20 nonprofits, bake sale, music, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2013

Fair-trade lobbyists said the decision was meaningless because it applied to injunctions which had been issued prior to the new 1952 federal law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fair-trade laws, which place floors under the prices of some goods, might also be repealed.

From Time Magazine Archive