Video: Report reveals EU and US fair trade 'injustice'
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According to a Fair Trade Foundation report published today, since the international community agreed to subsidise fairer exports in 2001 both the European Union and the United States have subsidised domestic cotton farmers to the tune of $31bn - something which, the report says, is directly linked to increased poverty in four West African countries.
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