Trade as One Ground of Justice

Abstract

This chapter explores more systematically the image of trade that we propose in this book, which we call Trade-as-one-Ground. It does so by way of introducing the grounds-of-justice approach from Risse’s On Global Justice. That approach makes good on the claim that trade is one in several grounds, and indeed is one such ground. Technically the ground is not trade as such but subjection to the global trading system. The chapter explains this notion and explores why one should indeed regard it as one ground of justice. It also investigates differences between inquiries into fairness in trade and trade justice.