Tagline : Is the coffee you drink fair trade? Did you know that the wheat in your baguette has been traded more than 200 times on the stock markets, and that the bouquet of roses you gave her for St Valentina's Day travelled more than 7,000 km in 24 hours? Yes, globalisation is above all a story about plants! This book is a new edition of a work already published in 2015, completely updated!! The book : Over the last few years, world trade has intensified and accelerated, and there are now few plant resources that escape it.Futures markets, subsidy systems, securing supplies, quotas, multinationals, illegal trade, lobbying... so many economic terms that seem complex at first glance, but which are explained here through the simple and concrete examples of plants in our daily lives. Did you know that bananas have defeated governments in Central America and started an economic war between the United States and France? That American cotton maintains its leading position in the textile market thanks to a system of astronomical subsidies? Or that Europe developed beet sugar following a blockade imposed by Napoleon I? From the tulip bulbs that caused the first stock market crash in Holland to the seaweed that could soon provide the fuel for our cars, plants continue to drive our economy. Understanding these mechanisms is essential at a time when traditional agriculture is being transformed, when the question of the appropriation of living organisms is being raised and when our consumer choices are making us, more than ever, active citizens. Understanding these mechanisms is essential at a time when traditional agriculture is undergoing a radical transformation, when questions are being raised about the appropriation of living organisms and when our consumer choices are making us, more than ever, active citizens!