Globalization Flashcards by Charlotte Bibaut | Brainscape

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Globalization : a boon or a bane ?

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Mondialisation: aubaine ou calamité ?

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Un mode sans frontières

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A borderless world

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L’eco mondiale

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The global economy

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Le commerce extérieur

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Overseas trade

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La libéralisation des échanges

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The liberalization of trade

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Déréglementation

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Deregulation

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Un partenaire commercial

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A trading partner

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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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La fuite des 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

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IMF (international monetary fund)

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Les bienfaits et dangers de la md

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The benefits and pitfalls of gb

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S’industrialiser

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To industrialize

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La croissance eco

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economic growth

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Les PMA

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LDCs (less developed countries)

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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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Un exportateur/ importateur

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An exporter / 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

S’emparer d’un marché

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To break into a market

To capture a market

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Les droits de douane

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Tarrifs, customs duties

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Mesures protectionnistes

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Protectionist measures

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Supprimer les barrières douanières

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To remove trade barriers

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Alter-mondialisme

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Alter-globalization

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Les delocalisations

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Outsourcing, offshoring, relocating

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S’implanter à l’étranger

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To set up abroad

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Un fournisseur

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A supplier

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Emplois du secteur secondaire

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Manufacturing jobs

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Le tertiaire

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The service sector

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Profiter de la main d’œuvre bon marché

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To take advantage of cheap labor

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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/ wage costs

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La concurrence déloyale/ acharnée

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Unfair / fierce competition

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Dumping

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Dumping

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Vendre à perte

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To trade at loss

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Un concurrent

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A competitor

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La compétitivité

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Competitiveness

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Être à la traîne

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To be lag behind

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Rattraper un concurrent

Se maintenir à un même niveau qu’un concurrent

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To catch up with a competitor

To keep up with a competitor

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Une subvention/ subventionner

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A subsidy / to subsidize

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L’occidentalisation

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Westernization

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Une émeute

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A riot

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To thwart

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Contrecarrer

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To underpin

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Soutenir

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To foster

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Encourager

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To oversee

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Superviser

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To shun

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Rejeter