Global Poverty

So my college is beginning to look into the Fair Trade agenda this year. There is a small handful of those of us who this frustrates. I guess that makes my view on this clear... but I wonder what other's thoughts are. I've done some initial research for a paper I am hoping to write on this topic and the more I look into it, the more frustrated I get!
Can anyone leave me a comment with a source that I can find that won't get me so frustrated? Anything that could potentially shed a good light on Fair Trade for me?

The reason I get frustrated with Fair Trade most is that the majority of people pushing the agenda (yes, I do say agenda and not movement!) are blind to the faults in the plan. They blindly follow the words of those in leadership and assume that it will be all ok. They don't necessarily realize that Fair Trade has the potential to cause more harm than it intends to if it is seen as the only way to solve Global Poverty. And that is the way it is pushed! It creates bans on sweatshops and child labor! (I know that people will hate me for that comment.) A healthy balance of Fair Trade and sweatshops (aka Manufacturing Facilities) and child labor may be a potentially much better solution! The two can and (in my mind) will need to work together for anything to happen.

Anyways, I could rant much more about this... maybe I'll continue on this topic later, but for now I'm just looking for some feedback. If you have any for me, please let me know.

Thanks!