What is the difference between 'Fair Trade' and 'ethical trading'?

What is the difference between 'Fair Trade' and 'ethical trading'?

Sam Bills (Manager) gives expert video advice on: How do I know if something is Fair Trade Certified?; What is the difference between 'Fair Trade' and 'ethical trading'?; Do Fair Trade goods cost more than comparable non-fair trade goods? and more...

Fair Trade and ethical trade are certainly interrelated. Ethical trade refers to the sense that, in production of a particular product, the basic labor rights of that producer were respected. Whether that's internationally or whether that's locally. With ethical manufacturing there's the sweatshop-free movement, which means that whether it's being made in downtown L.A. or whether it's being made in China, that the sweatshirt or whatever it is that you buy wasn't made in a sweatshop. It refers to the ethical basic labor rights being observed in production, whereas Fair Trade is a particular kind of effort to work with artisans in developing countries, artisans who have been marginalized for whatever reason, and providing them direct access to markets, in addition to making sure that basic labor rights are being observed.