I'm all for *Fair trade Free trade is a codeword for wealth redistribution.
fair trade is a code word for government control of the economy
You've got your terms backwards. So-called “fair-trade” is just a socialist invention for managed trade designed specifically for wealth redistribution. Free trade (I will agree that we have never achieved this ideal — because of the vestiges of protectionism in every real-world trade deal) creates wealth, by allowing nations to concentrate on what they do best. The benefits of free trade is the one thing that (almost all) economists — from Adam Smith onward — agree upon.