Japanese corporations have begun to sell fair trade-certified products in a belated effort to catch up with an international movement that has existed for nearly two decades.
Fair trade is a system in which buyers do business directly with producers in developing countries and pay equitable prices for goods to enable the producers to maintain sustainable livelihood, instead of seeking products at the lowest possible price.
The coffee bean trade is a popular example.
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