Study On Fair Trade Of ASEAN-4

With the development of economic globalization, people pay much moreattention on its negative impacts, which threaten the sustainable economicdevelopment and social stability. Under such a background, fair trade is initiated anddeveloped in a high speed. Fair trade aims to set an international trade system withfair and justice, so that the disadvantaged producers in developing countries canimprovetheirlifethroughtrade.Indonesia, Thailand, Philippine and Vietnam, as the neighbor of China, aredeveloping countries with similar agriculture situation. Produces export is essentialfor farmers to support their families. Facing severe produces export competition,farmers in ASEAN-4 export their produces through fair trade, and they benefit more.Therefore, it is necessary to do some researches on how fair trade is practiced inASEAN-4, providing some useful information. Definitely, this will help us developfairtradeinournation.This paper focuses on how fair trade guarantees the disadvantaged producers ofASEAN-4afairprice,andpointsoutitsdilemmasandchallenges forourreferencetoparticipate in fair trade. Followed by this outline, several points have been made asfollows:1. Following the fair trade definition, this paper outlines the entire fair tradesystem, making clear the perspective responsibility of parties involved. Starting withthe fair trade producer organizations, this paper analyzes how to improve itsmanagerialabilityforbenefitingitsmembers.2. After analyzing the necessary of fair trade participation of ASEAN-4, thispaper finds it is good to the national economic development. Concerned with specificsituation, this paper finds the most suitable industry for ASEAN-4 to develop fairtrade:Indonesia'scoffee;Thailand'srice;Philippine'ssugarandVietnam'stea.3. From the analysis of fair trade development in ASEAN-4, we find that thereexist different levels. The main reasons lie in the managerial capacity of fair tradeproducerorganization,whilethefairtradedevelopmentinIndonesiaandThailandis betterthanthatinPhilippineandVietnam.4.Concernedwiththefairtradedevelopment defaults ofASEAN-4,some placesshould be improved, such as improving the product quality, strengthening the contactwithFLO,andopeningnewfairtrademarkets,soastoincreaseproducers'income.