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ˈfair-ˈtrade
1. a. Trade carried on legally as opposed to dealing in contraband goods. b. In the 18th c. also applied (in popular language) in the precisely opposite sense; a euphemistic synonym for smuggling.
1774Burke Amer. Tax. (1775) 49 The contraband will always keep pace in some measure with the fair trade.
2. In recent use: The fiscal system advocated by those who consider that ‘one-sided free trade’ is injurious to the nation adopting such a policy, and that the principle of free trade should be applied only in dealing with nations that admit our products free.
1881Gladstone in Times 8 Oct. 6/5 This he says he wants, not as protection, but in the name of fair trade. 1891Spectator 21 Feb. 263/2 An excellent speech against ‘Fair-trade’.
attrib.1881Spectator 10 Dec. 1558 The Fair trade question. 1882T. H. Farrer Free Trade v. Fair Trade ii. 6 The programme of the Fair Trade League is not definite in its particulars. Ibid. ii. 8 That application is not contained in the Fair Trade programme.
Hence fair-trader, (a) one who trades fairly or legally; (b) one who supports the Fair-trade programme; (c) a smuggler (cf. fair-trade 1 b, free-trader 2). fair-tradism, the doctrines of a fair-trader (sense b).
1673Essex Papers (Camden) I. 56 Others who have found y⊇ encouragemt from y⊇ farmrs of Ireland to y⊇ ruin of y⊇ fair Trader here. 1746Lockman To First Promoter Cambrick & Tea Bills 27 Bid the Fair-trader..bemoan His credit lost. 1824Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 313 Ay, Mr Alan Fairford—a good name for a fair trader. 1881W. F. Ecroyd Sp. at Oldham 21 Fair Traders..wanted..an extension of real free exchange. 1884Pae Eustace 217, I am what is called a fair trader—in other words a smuggler. 1887Spectator 21 May 674/1 The Fair-traders are at their wits' end for a compromise with Free-trade. 1888Pall Mall G. 26 Nov. 12/1 Fair-tradism is apparently to be brought down from national to local application.
▸ Trade between a company in a developed nation and a producer in a less-developed nation, in which the former ensures the latter receives a fair price, and aims to ensure that the workers involved have good working conditions and fair pay. Chiefly attrib.
1973M. Tanzer in N.Y. Times 8 Dec. 35/3 It is time to start a new era of fair-trade relations between the developed and underdeveloped countries. 1989J. Button How to be Green 204 Fair trade organizations should be supported, and shops and supermarkets encouraged to stock fair trade products. 1992Mother Jones Sept.–Oct. 63/3 (advt.) As a nonprofit, we provide fair trade to native people trying to live and work within their culture. 1997Church Times 10 Oct. 10/5 The chutney and the coconut are available as fair-trade items.
▸ fair-traded adj.
1951Amer. Econ. Rev. 41 203 Both monopolistic competition and the influence of pressure groups in government..were illustrated in the high price..for a ‘*fair-traded’ fountain pen. 1997BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 78/3 (advt.) Mouthwateringly international recipes, vegan delights, fairtraded beverages. |