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The Fair Trade label is becoming increasingly common in the Western world. But while shoppers seem keen to pay a little over the odds for fair trade products, some observers question how effective it really is in helping developing third world farmers. In my view, the more the Western market is flooded and the more Fair Trade sold, then over time, the third world will surely reap the benefits in the end.

Surely then the more fair trade clothes and jewellery we buy, the more the third world produce and sell, and then the more we buy, the more the third world earn and so on…..and this can only be a positive cyclic relationship perpetuating greater wealth over time for impoverished societies? The craftsmanship on fair trade gifts and jewellery is truly outstanding. Quite clearly the skills of the indigenous communities who produce such gems are passed from generation to generation so skills like wood carving, hand painting, hand screen printing and jewellery crafting do not fade.

Below are some wonderful examples of how traditional skills are predominant in third world countries where fair trade is most prevalent.

Earth Bags in Kolkata, India, produce bags made from jute since it is a fast-growing vegetable fibre in their country. It is also 100% biodegradable and recyclable. Some of the bags are natural jute while others have been hand dyed in sumptuous pinks , greens and purples embellished with coloured sequins and hand printed with metallic gold or pink screen prints. Earth Bags gives employment to women and self-help groups in Kolkata and strives to help the environment by encouraging more people to use eco-friendly bags.

Produced in Delhi, India, each piece of jewellery is created from Indian solid silver. Each item is crafted and inlaid with semi precious gemstones ranging from the beautifully rich deep blue lapis lazuli, to the milky moonstone and the opulent malachite. The range of jewellery covers intricately crafted pendants inlaid with coral and turquoise to hand crafted earrings some with finely shaped spirals of silver.

In Kolkata, India, the conglomerate E.M.A., carry on the tradition of candle making by hand. Paraffin was is melted in an oven and poured into a mould or ‘die’. Each candle is left to cool for six to seven hours before being taken out of the die and polished. It can be then hand painted or hand screen printed. Most of the scents used are from flowers, fruits and spices and come from Bangalore. Each candle is a work of art and has been exchanged using fair trade principles.

There is an organisation in India called Touch of India who specialise in hand making fair trade bags all of which are hand embroidered. Touch of India carries out most of its work with Muslim minorities and aims to preserve old traditional embroidery techniques such as Kantha embroidery, Zardozi and Aari work. It uses a wide range of beads and fabrics in the most beautiful colours and are true works of art. All their products are exchanged for a fair wage.

We are lucky to have accessibility to the prodduce of great artisans so we can appreciate their unique beauty in contrast to mass produced generic products that are not, in sharp contrast, skilfully handcrafted and have no soul or originality in my view.

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4 major chip customers such as large, full increase in Q2 orders, making the long-frozen TSMC planning procurement of equipment, and finally the recent thaw! See more exciting information

As TSMC, including mobile phones, wireless, graphics and FPGA (FieldProgrammableGateArray) and other 4 main Chip Customers, all orders to increase in Q2, making the long TSMC freezing equipment procurement plan, and finally the recent thaw! TSMC recent generous cost more than NT 5 billion yuan to purchase new equipment, factory equipment, estimated capital expenditure in 2009 accounted for about one tenth. In addition, TSMC following the purchase of equipment to the promos, the recent rumors that the focus turned to second-hand equipment purchase PSC, however, both TSMC and PSC does not clarify the matter.

TSMC’s major clients, including Nvidia (NVIDIA), Broadcom (Broadcom), Qualcomm (Qualcomm), and Altera divergent expansion of capacity in Q2 orders, the intensity increased in Q1 20 compared to 30%, TSMC power to determine the overall capacity utilization from the original 50% to 60% advance, if the customer orders continued strength of the first three quarter capacity utilization rate of 70% is not a problem. With the fierce vexation customer orders, not only for human TSMC production line back round the system, leaving a long freeze TSMC capital spending plans, once again moving.

Is worth noting that, due to TSMC capital expenditure is long-term investment, unless the fundamentals are better identified, TSMC should not easily change in capital spending plans, TSMC capital spending in 2008 about 18 million, a conservative estimated that 2009 will be taken down at least 2 percent, equipment manufacturers more pessimistic forecast may only be about 10 billion dollars. However, the recent series of the TSMC Semiconductor Equipment original equipment purchase the more than NT 5 billion yuan, almost more than TSMC in 2009 capital spending one tenth.

Semiconductor upstream IC Clients that this wave of rush orders is mainly wireless communications products, including mobile phone baseband chip, WiFi, and from Netbook-top boxes and digital home (STB), LCD TV (LCDTV) and graphics chips, FPGA chips used in 3G communications and so the strongest demand, coupled with TSMC has been wielding the harder prices 10 to 15% price reduction program, do pay to attract customers, encourage customers to vote in large pieces in Q2, reconstruction channel inventory, making TSMC 12-inch plant capacity has strained the situation there.

In the procurement of used equipment, TSMC shot of relief following the promos, to ProMOS procurement of equipment, the recent trade rumors TSMC and PSC are also negotiating to sell used equipment case, both parties have to evaluate the operation of fixed assets, However, in view of the rumors, TSMC did not clarify the matter, PSC said that DRAM will now watch out, for the time being not considered to be punishment device.

Equipment industry that the current expansion of production capacity for wafer fabs, purchasing equipment, is a good point, because equipment manufacturers operating mostly falls low, low orders of frequent occurrence, the bargaining power of buyers relative strength, while DRAM factory for spare capacity is also eager to sell off cheap, in the past been regarded as the most expensive equipment, if after all this time can be a good time to buy low.

In addition, TSMC to rush into the car Electronic Market, announced 0.18-micron embedded Flash process in place, not only fully prepared to show its production capacity and advanced process technology, the process for the mature market is actively developing more value-added technology platforms and applications.