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Does price of coffee undermine Fair Trade system?

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The price of coffee as a raw commodity was at a thirteen year high earlier in the week but the price of coffee beans fell by eight per cent yesterday.

Simon Bower, of Pollards Tea and Coffee, and Nick Mathiason, advisor to Fairtrade Foundation, discuss whether the current price of coffee undermines the Fair Trade.


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