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World trade could be a powerful force for poverty reduction. Many poor people could work themselves out of poverty by selling their products to rich countries at a decent price. So what's stopping them? The shocking injustice of the world trade system. All the world's a marketplace, and all of us use it, whether as producers or consumers. In the globalised world of the 21st century, trade is one of the strongest ties that binds us. 'International trade' conjures images of big multinational companies, rivalries between economic superpowers, and impenetrable negotiations at the World Trade Organisation. But for millions of people trade isn't just an abstract notion. The terms on which they participate in world markets can determine whether or not their families have enough to eat, whether they can afford to send their children to school, and whether their basic employment rights are respected.
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