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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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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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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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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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Un partenaire commercial

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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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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

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Capital flow

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La fuite de capitaux

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Flight of capital

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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FMI (fonds monétaire international)

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IMF (international Monetary Fund)

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Superviser

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To oversee

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Encourager

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To foster

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Prêts

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Loans

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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 inconvénients de la mondialisation

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The advantages and drawbacks

the pros 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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Matières premières

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Commodities

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Production

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Output

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Se développer

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To develop

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S’industrialiser

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To industrialize

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La croissance économique

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Economic growth

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Les pays riches

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The rich world

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Les pays du Nord

Les pays développés

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Developed countries

Industrialized countries

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Les pays du Sud

Les pays en voie de développement

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Developing countries

Industrializing countries

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Le Tiers-Monde

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The Third World

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Un pays émergent

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An emerging country

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Les PMA

Les pays les moins avancés

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LDCs

Least developed countries

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Un pays émergent

Une économie émergente

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An emerging economy

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La Chine et l’Inde

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Chindia

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Le commerce équitable

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Fair trade

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Des objets artisanaux

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Handicrafts

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Représenter

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To account for

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Un exportateur

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An exporter

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Un importateur

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An importer

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Un pays exportateur de pétrole

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An oil-exporting country

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Le taux de change

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The exchange rate

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Pénétrer sur un marché

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To break into a market

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S’emparer d’un marché

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To corner a market

To capture a market

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Le protectionnisme

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Protectionism

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Mesures/politiques protectionnistes

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Protectionist measures/policies

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Les tarifs douaniers

Les droits de douane

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Tariffs

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Les droits de douane

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Customs duties

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Les barrières douanières

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Trade barriers

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Les barrières tarifaires/non tarifaires

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Tariff barriers

Non-tariff barriers

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Abaisser/supprimer les barrières douanières

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To lower / remove trade barriers

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Une multinationale

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A multinational (company)

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Altermondialisme

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Alter-globalization

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Rejeter

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To shun

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En tant que tel

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As such

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Les délocalisations

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Outsourcing
Offshoring
Relocating

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Délocaliser la production

Délocaliser des emplois

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To outsource/relocate production

To outsource/relocate jobs

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Implanter une usine

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To set up a factory

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S’implanter à l’étranger

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To settle abroad

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Un fournisseur

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A supplier

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Économies d’échelle

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Economies of scale

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Un centre d’appels

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A call center

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Emplois du secteur secondaire

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Manufacturing jobs

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Le tertiaire

Les services

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The service industries

The service sector

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Éclipsées

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Overshadowed

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Profiter de la main d’œuvre bon marché

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To take advantage of cheap labour

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Le travail des enfants

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Child labour

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Les conditions de travail

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Working conditions

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Les normes en matière d’emploi/d’environnement

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Labour/environmental standards

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Les coûts de production

Les coûts salariaux

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Production costs

Wage costs

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La concurrence

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Competition

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Concurrence acharnée/déloyale

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Fierce/unfair competition

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Le dumping

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Dumping

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Vendre à perte

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To trade at a loss

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Un concurrent

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A competitor

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Compétitif

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Competitive

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La compétitivité

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Competitiveness

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Être en concurrence avec des travailleurs peu payés

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To compete with low-paid workers

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Être a la traîne

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To lag behind

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Rattraper un concurrent

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To catch up with a competitor

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Se maintenir au même niveau qu’un concurrent

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To keep up with a competitor

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Le dumping social

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Social dumping

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Une subvention

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A subsidy

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Subventionner

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To subsidize

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Griefs

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Complaints

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Submergées

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Overwhelmed

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Soutenue

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Underpinned

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L’américanisation

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Americanization

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L’occidentalisation

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Westernization

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L’uniformisation

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Standardization

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L’exception culturelle

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Cultural exception

Cultural exemption

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Un militant anti-mondialiste

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An antiglobalization activist
An antiglobalization protester
An antiglobalist

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L’altermondialisme

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Alter-globalization

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La démondialisation

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Deglobalization

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Une émeute

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A riot

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Devises

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Currencies

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Contrecarrer

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To thwart

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Remise à l’ordre du jour

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