CHAPTER 3: THE CUP OF EXCELLENCE

1. Using the definition of child labor as defined by the International Labor Organization, why are
child labor laws important? How has child labor impacted trade agreements? Is it fairly
monitored?

2. The new Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Colombia doesn’t affect coffee
because it is already tariff-free; however, what are the human rights implications with the new
Free Trade Agreement? Could the agreement hurt or help coffee farmers?

3. Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. third-party inspectors practice has led to not so different conditions than
non-C.A.F.E. practices, though clever marketing has continued to make Westerners feel good. How
has Western popularity of fairness in purchasing hurt farming? How has it helped?

4. Kelsey discusses the human experience of giving and taking. What is the juxtaposition between
the taking and giving with trade agreements and certification agencies and the giving of a Frisbee
as a piece of the human connection?

5. The Juan Valdez logo by the Federation ensures that the coffee is 100 percent Colombian
certified. How can the fairness of coffee be traced if coffee is mixed (i.e., not 100 percent
Colombian certified)?

DEVELOPMENT

1. I think that laws are important on child labor because they defend human
rights, since Child labor is a global problem that has attracted a lot of
discussion and the use of fair trade labeling to combat child labor is an
approach that has affected production and high tax costs, now there is
private monitoring effectively enforcing the law CHILD LABOR is any job
that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and dignity, and that
is detrimental to physical and mental development for child labor it is made
available to law enforcement officials.
2. The implications for human rights with the new free trade agreement implies
high costs in the family basket and low purchase and sale prices to coffee
growers due to the export process.
3. The products are largely adapted to the needs of large-scale farmers and
industrial processing in the developed world, with the result that farmers with
limited resources in developing countries do not benefit from them. more
stable, drought resistance improves and labor and fuel costs are lower, but
management is more complex.
4. This has allowed combining propositions and establishing relationships that
favor or safeguard the economy, politics and social welfare of both.
5. It can be tracked through quality monitoring, where coffee processing is
certified making an assessment from planting to harvest