Globalization Flashcards

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Aubaine ou calamité?

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A boon or a bane?

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Inventée

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Coined

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3
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Who coined the global village?

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Marshall McLuhan

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Accrue

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Enhanced

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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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L’économie mondiale

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The global economy

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OMC (organisation mondiale du commerce)

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WTO (World Trade Organisation)

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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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Le 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 market

Free-market economy

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Un partisan du libéralisme

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A free-marketeer

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Le libéralisme

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Liberalism

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16
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La libéralisation des échanges

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The liberalisation of trade

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La déréglementation

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Deregulation

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18
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Déréglementer le transport aérien

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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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20
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Un partenaire commercial

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A trading partner

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21
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Les chiffres du commerce extérieur

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Trade figures

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22
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La balance commerciale

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The balance of trade

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Un excédent/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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Les flux de capitaux
Capital flow
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La fuite de capitaux
Flight of capital
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Un paradis fiscal
A tax haven
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FMI (fonds monétaire international)
IMF (international Monetary Fund)
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Superviser
To oversee
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Encourager
To foster
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Prêts
Loans
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Les bienfaits et les dangers de la mondialisation
The benefits and pitfalls of globalization
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Les avantages et inconvénients de la mondialisation
The advantages and drawbacks | the pros and cons of globalization
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Les arguments pour/contre la mondialisation
The case for/against globalization
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Matières premières
Commodities
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Production
Output
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Se développer
To develop
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S'industrialiser
To industrialize
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La croissance économique
Economic growth
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Les pays riches
The rich world
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Les pays du Nord | Les pays développés
Developed countries | Industrialized countries
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Les pays du Sud | Les pays en voie de développement
Developing countries | Industrializing countries
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Le Tiers-Monde
The Third World
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Un pays émergent
An emerging country
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Les PMA | Les pays les moins avancés
LDCs | Least developed countries
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Un pays émergent | Une économie émergente
An emerging economy
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La Chine et l'Inde
Chindia
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Le commerce équitable
Fair trade
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Des objets artisanaux
Handicrafts
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Représenter
To account for
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Un exportateur
An exporter
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Un importateur
An 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 a market | To 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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Les barrières tarifaires/non tarifaires
Tariff barriers | Non-tariff barriers
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Abaisser/supprimer les barrières douanières
To lower / remove trade barriers
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Une multinationale
A multinational (company)
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Altermondialisme
Alter-globalization
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Rejeter
To shun
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En tant que tel
As such
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Les délocalisations
Outsourcing Offshoring Relocating
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Délocaliser la production | Délocaliser des emplois
To outsource/relocate production | To outsource/relocate jobs
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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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Économies d'échelle
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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Éclipsées
Overshadowed
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Profiter de la main d'œuvre bon marché
To take 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'emploi/d'environnement
Labour/environmental standards
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Les coûts de production | Les coûts salariaux
Production costs | Wage costs
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La concurrence
Competition
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Concurrence acharnée/déloyale
Fierce/unfair competition
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Le dumping
Dumping
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Vendre à perte
To trade at a loss
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Un concurrent
A competitor
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Compétitif
Competitive
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La compétitivité
Competitiveness
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Être en concurrence avec des travailleurs peu payés
To compete with low-paid workers
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Être a la traîne
To lag behind
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Rattraper un concurrent
To catch up with a competitor
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Se maintenir au même niveau qu'un concurrent
To keep up with a competitor
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Le dumping social
Social dumping
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Une subvention
A subsidy
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Subventionner
To subsidize
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Griefs
Complaints
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Submergées
Overwhelmed
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Soutenue
Underpinned
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L'américanisation
Americanization
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L'occidentalisation
Westernization
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L'uniformisation
Standardization
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L'exception culturelle
Cultural exception | Cultural exemption
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Un militant anti-mondialiste
An antiglobalization activist An antiglobalization protester An antiglobalist
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L'altermondialisme
Alter-globalization
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La démondialisation
Deglobalization
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Une émeute
A riot
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Devises
Currencies
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Contrecarrer
To thwart
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Remise à l'ordre du jour
Revived