GLOBALIZATION Flashcards

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1
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A borderless world

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Un monde sans frontières

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Overseas trade

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Le commerce extérieur

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A free trader

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Un partisan du libre-échange

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The free market

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L’économie de marché

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A trading partner

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Un partenaire commercial

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Les chiffres du commerce extérieur

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Trade figures

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Un excédent commercial

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A trade surplus

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Un déficit commercial

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A trade deficit

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Le 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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11
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Les arguments pour la mondialisation

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The case for globalization

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The case against Globalization

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Les arguments contre la mondialisation

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13
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Developing countries

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Pays en voie de développement

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Les PMA

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LDC’s (Least Developped Countries)

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15
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An emerging country

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Un pays en voie de développement

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Chindia

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La Chine et l’Inde

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17
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Le commerce équitable

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Fait trade

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18
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Handicraft

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Les objets artisanaux

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19
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Un pays exportateur de pétrole

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An oil-exporting country

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20
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The exchange rate

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Le taux de change

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21
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Pénétrer dans un marché

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To break into a market

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Tarifs douaniers

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Tariffs

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Les Barrières douanières

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Trade barriers

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Customs duties

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Les droits de douane

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Abaisser quelque chose

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To lower something

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To remove something

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Supprimer quelque chose

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Une multinationale

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A multinational (company)

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La délocalisation

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Outsourcing

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Implanter une usine

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To set up a factory

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To settle abroad

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S’implanter à l’étranger

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Un fournisseur

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A supplier

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Economies of scale

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Économies d’échelle

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Les emplois du secondaire

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Manufacturing jobs

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The service industries

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Le tertiaire

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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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Labour standards

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Les normes en matière d’emploi

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Les normes en matière d’environnement

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Environmental standards

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Production costs

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Les coûts de production

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Les coûts salariaux

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Wage costs

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Fierce competition

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Une concurrence acharnée

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Une concurrence déloyale

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Unfair competition

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Vendre à perte

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To trade at loss

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To lag behind

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Être à la traîne

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Subventionner

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To subsidize

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To compete with low-paid workers

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Être en concurrence avec une main d’œuvre bon marché

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Rattraper quelqu’un

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To catch up with somebody

47
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To keep up with somebody

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Se maintenir au même niveau que quelqu’un

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La démondialisation

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Deglobalization

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Cultural exemption

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L’exception culturelle

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Tariff barriers

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Les barrières tarifaires

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It seems as if

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On a l’impression que

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Until the early 1980s

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Avant le début des années 80

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Les pays du monde entier luttent à armes égales

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The world has become a level playing field

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Deter investors from speculating

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Dissuader les investisseurs de spéculer

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Est incité à se concentrer

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Is encouraged To focus

56
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Take advantage of globalization

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Profiter de la mondialisation

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Les altermondialistes

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Antiglobalization