In 1978 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the head of 40 Commando back in Northern Ireland, where he won a reputation as a fair-minded intermediary as well as a skilled military leader.
If buyers and sellers are widely separated in time, and if there is little information on "comparables" to help buyers or sellers determine fair prices, then intermediaries will continue to serve an essential function.
Britannia is just an intermediary," he says.
Israel's leader of the day (Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert) offers a comprehensive proposal consistent with the parameters broadly accepted by all intermediaries as the fair solution.
And so we need more intermediaries that provide fair prices and real opportunities for small holders to export even in the context of exporting from their community.
"I would not say that we have become an intermediary, but it is fair to say that we are fully seized with the issue," the senior official said.
The state also had to contend with the merchant and artisan guilds; whenever the state requisitioned goods and assessed taxes it dealt with guild heads, who ensured fair prices and fair wages via official intermediaries.
Those objectives are often achieved by establishing direct trading relationships between small-scale producers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and fair trade organizations (FTOs) in the United States and Europe, thereby eliminating intermediary buyers and sellers.
Agroecology seeks to shorten food circuits by decreasing the number of intermediaries, thereby increasing the incomes of food producers while keeping prices fair for consumers.
No intermediaries, just me and Uncle Sam.
From the beginning the company positioned itself as both an organic and a "fair trade" producer, meaning that it bought its cocoa directly from Belize's Mayan farmers, cutting out intermediaries and paying a higher price than the farmers would have received by selling through normal market channels.
