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- See here the press release elaborated by the Fair Trade Advocacy Office. The CoR opinion (and expected follow-up) could be an interesting development to maintain and increase the number of local and regional authorities supporting Fair Trade.

- Read now the article about WFTO Europe and the Sustainable Fair Trade Management System WFTO is working on. The piece was published on the European inter-network of ethical & responsible initiatives newsletter.

- In the Public Affairs Newsletter for the month of June, there was an article about the swap from IFAT to WFTO Europe. Please check it on Public Affairs Newsletter (page 7).

- An interview to Llanos Gomez, WFTO Europe Communication Officer, is available in the Digital Newsletter of the European Fair Trade Fair. You can read it in English and French.

- Read here our interview with Bertha Gity Baroi, Acting Director of the CORR-The Jute Works Fair Trade Cooperative, one of the largest Fair Trade exporters in Bangladesh.

- Mona El-Sayed, member of the WFTO Global Board and General Manager of Fair Trade Egypt, visited WFTO Europe recently. Read her interview here.

- Fair Trade has been recognised by the European Union as a priority area for Policy Coherence for Development. Read here the press release the Fair Trade Advocacy Office has developed.

- The WTO Ministerial meeting held in Geneva from November 30 to December 2 did not reveal any reassessment of the WTO-conventional trade model, despite its role in driving the food, climate change and economic crises which have been so devastating for producers and workers in developing countries. Read here the press release developed by our FT Advocacy Office and help us to disseminate it.

- Press releases about the World Fair Trade Day 09 can be found here:  

   - WFTD photocall notice

   - WFTD photocall briefing sheet

   - BIG-BANG!! - Press release with statements