Globalization Flashcards

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aubaine ou calamité

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a boon or a bane

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Une frontière

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a border, a frontier

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Un monde sans frontières

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a borderless world

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4
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L’économie mondiale

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the global economy

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Le commerce, les échanges

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trade

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Le commerce extérieur

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overseas trade

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Libre-échange

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free-trade

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Un partisan du libre échange

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a free trader

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L’économie de marché

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the free marker, free-market economy

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Un partisan du libéralisme

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a free-markeeter

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Le libéralisme

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liberalism

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La libéralisation des échanges

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the liberalization of trade

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Dérégulation, déréglementer le transport aérien

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deregulation, to deregulate the airline industry

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Une zone de libre échange

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a free-trade area

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Un partenaire commerciale

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a trading partner

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Les chiffres du commerce extérieur

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trade figures

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Un excédent, un déficit commercial

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a trade surplus/deficit

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La libre circulation des marchandises

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the free flow of goods

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Le flux de capitaux

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capital flow

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La fuite des capitaux

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flight of capital

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Les bienfaits et les dangers de la mondialisation

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the benefits and pitfalls of globalization

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Les avantages et les inconvénients

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the advantages end drawbacks/the pro and cons of globalization

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Les arguments pour/contre la mondialisation

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the case for/against globalization

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24
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Se développer

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to develop

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S'industrialsier
to industrialize
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La croissance économie
economic growth
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Les pays riches
the rich world
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Les pays du nord, les pays développés
developed/industrialized countries
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Les pays en voie de développement
developing/industrializing countries
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Le Tiers monde
the Third World
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Un pays émergeant
an emerging country
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Les PMA
LDC's, least developed countries
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Le commerce équitable
fair trade
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Les objets artisanaux
handicrafts
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Un exportateur/importateur
an exporter/importer
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Un pays exportateur de pétrole
an oil-exporting country
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Le taux de change
the exchange rate
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Pénétrer sur un marché
to break into a market
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S'emparer d'un marché
to corner/capture a market
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Le protectionnisme
protectionism
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Mesures politiques, protectionnistes
protectionist measures/policies
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Les tarifs douaniers, les droits de douane
tariffs
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Les droits de douane
customs duties
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Les barrières douanières
trade barriers
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Abaisser, supprimer les barrières douanières
to lower/remove trade barriers
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Les barrières tarifaires/ non tarifaires
tariff barriers/ non-tariff barriers
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Une multinationale
a multinational company
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Les délocalisations
outsourcing, offshoring, relocating
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Délocaliser la production/des emploies
to outsource, relocate production
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Implanter une usine
to set up a factory
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S'implanter à l'étranger
to settle abroad
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Un fournisseur
a supplier
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Economies d'échelles
economies of scale
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Un centre d'appels
a call center
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Emplois du secteur secondaire
manufacturing jobs
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Le tertiaire, les services
the service industries, the service sector
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Profiter de la main d'oeuvre bon marché
tot make advantage of cheap labour
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Le travail des enfants
child labour
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Les conditions de travail
working conditions
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Les normes en matière d'emploie/environnement
labour/environmental standards
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Les couts de production/salariaux
production/wage costs
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La concurrence
competition
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La concurrence acharnée/déloyale
fierce/unfair competition
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Le dumping
dumping
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Vendre à perte
to trade at loss
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Un concurrent
a competitor
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Compétitif, la compétitivité
competitive, competitiveness
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Etre en concurrence avec des travailleurs peu payés
to compete with low-paid workers
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Etre à la traine
to lag behind
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Rattraper un concurrent
to catch up with a competitor
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L'Américanisation, l'Occidentalisation
Americanization, Westernization
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L'uniformisation
standardization
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L'exception culturelle
cultural exception/exemption
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Un militant anti-mondialiste
an antiglobalization activist
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L'altermondialisme, la démondialisation
alter-globalization, deglobalization