<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Centre - Blog]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php</link><description><![CDATA[Comments on the blog: Made in Israel?]]></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:52:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Philip Booth]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/256/made_in_israel#comment1527</link><description><![CDATA[Don't miss the IEA's new report, "Fair Trade without the Froth: A Dispassionate Economic Analysis of “Fair Trade”"

Proponents of Fair Trade are guilty of overstating the impact of their movement. Fair Trade products can squeeze out from the market other socially labelled products and place heavy burdens on companies when it comes to certification. In the long term helping those struggling in the poorest countries requires much more radical reform from within. Fair Trade is a niche part of the trade system and it should not be the focus of so much attention. Lifting communities out of poverty means allowing free trade to drive development and growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/256/made_in_israel#comment1527</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:52:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anton]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/256/made_in_israel#comment1299</link><description><![CDATA[With respect, the concept of international law is an oxymoron. Law applies *within* a State and is policed by its authorities. There are only international treties, and Israel has not signed up to those. As for the settlements being a problem for international peace - it takes two, and Samuel Huntington's book "The Clash of Civilizations" documents that the other side has a 1400-year track record of belligerence.
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