The unfairness (the inequity) of the situation is also a sore point and the cause of much of our frustration — large parts of the «developing» world are already struggling with the concurrent forces of increasing poverty, energy and food shortages, and privatisation of the commons — consequences of
unfair international trade rules.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined ticket agent Airtrade
International, doing business as Vayama, $ 80,000 for violating DOT's
unfair and deceptive
trade practices
rule by advertising fares that failed to distinguish between government taxes and fees and charges imposed by the airline.