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La mondialisation : aubaine ou calamité ? (87 cards)

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l’économie mondiale

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the global economy

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un monde sans frontière

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a borderless world

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frontière = =

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a border, a frontier

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le commerce extérieur

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overseas trade

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le commerce, les échanges

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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-marketeer

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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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zone de libre-échange

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free trade area

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un bloc commercial

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a trading bloc

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un partenaire commercial

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a trading partner

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les chiffres du commerce international

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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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the flight of capital

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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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 de la mondialisation = =

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the advantages and drawbacks / the pros and cons of globalization

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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, industrialized countries
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les pays du Sud, 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 émergent
an emerging country
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les PMA
LDCs (least developed countries)
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un pays émergent, une économie émergente
an emerging country
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la Chine et l'Inde
Chindia
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le commerce équitable
fair trade
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les objets artisanaux
handicrafts
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un exportateur
an exporter
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un importateur
an importer
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le taux de change
the exchange rate
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un pays exportateur de pétrole
an oil-exporting country
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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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protectionnisme
protectionism
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les tarifs douaniers, les droits de douane
tariffs
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mesures / politiques protectionnistes = =
protectionist measures, policies
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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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les délocalisations = = =
outsourcing, offshoring, relocating
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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
a 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
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
production costs
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les coûts salariaux
wage costs
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la concurrence
competition
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concurrence acharnée
fierce competition
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concurrence déloyale
unfaire competition
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vendre à perte
to trade at lost
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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 à 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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une subvention
a subsidy
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subventionner
subsidize
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américanisation
americanisation
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occidentalisation
westernization
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uniformisation
standardization
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exception culturelle = =
cultural exception, cultural exemption
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militant anti-mondialiste = = =
antiglobalization activist, protester, antiglobalist
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altermondialisme
alter-globalization
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démondialisation
deglobalization
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une émeute
a riot
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3 big blows to globalization in a decade
- Trump's trade wars - Pandemic (cross-border flows of capital, good and people almost stopped - Invasion of Ukraine is ripping though (dévaster) the world economy

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