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Globalization : a boon or a bane ? Flashcards

La mondialisation : aubaine ou calamité ?

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qui ? quoi

Global village

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  • Coined by Marshall Mcluhan (philosopher)
  • Globe has become a village : instantaneous movement of information
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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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what ? when

sth jeopardize the very notion of globalisation

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  • Since the election of Trump in 2016
  • America’s withdrawal from major international trade : Trans-Pacific Partnership
  • Trade war Trump-China
  • Voters across the western world believe that breaking down trade barriers lead to job losses and depressed wages = rejection of unbridled immigration + rise of nationalist parties all over the planet
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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

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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, industrialized countries

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les pays du Sud, les pays en voie de développement

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developing, 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

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LDCs (least developed countries)

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un pays émergent, une économie émergente

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an emerging country

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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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les objets artisanaux

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handicrafts

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What are BRICS

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  • acronym coined in 2001 by Goldman Sachs, a Us investment bank
  • major emerging economies
  • 2019 : accounted fpr (représentent) 41% of world population + GDP was about 23% of the gross world product
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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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le taux de change

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the exchange rate

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un pays exportateur de pétrole

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an oil-exporting country

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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, capture a market

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protectionnisme

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protectionism

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les tarifs douaniers, les droits de douane

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tariffs

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mesures / politiques protectionnistes = =

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protectionist measures, policies

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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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C’est quoi l’altermondialisme

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  • social movement that supports global cooperation but opposes the negative effects of economic globalization (environmental protection, economic justice, labour protection)
  • World Social Forum : annual meeting held by members of the alter-globalization
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les délocalisations = = =

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outsourcing, offshoring, relocating

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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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a manufacturing jobs

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le tertiaire, les services = =

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the service industries, the service sector

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profiter de la main d’oeuvre 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

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production costs

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les coûts salariaux

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wage costs

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la concurrence

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competition

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concurrence acharnée

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fierce competition

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concurrence déloyale

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unfaire competition

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vendre à perte

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to trade at lost

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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 à 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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une subvention

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a subsidy

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subventionner

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subsidize

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BRI (Belt and Road Initiative)

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  • China : launched in 2013
  • Belt = refers to the overland routes for roald an rail transportation
  • Road = sea routes
  • Objective : finance infrastrucutre projets in China’s economic partners so as to boost their growth and increase trading opportunities
  • Some see as a manifestation of China’s imperialist ambitions
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américanisation

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americanisation

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occidentalisation

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westernization

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uniformisation

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standardization

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exception culturelle = =

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cultural exception, cultural exemption

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militant anti-mondialiste = = =

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antiglobalization activist, protester, antiglobalist

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altermondialisme

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alter-globalization

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démondialisation

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deglobalization

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une émeute

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a riot

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3 big blows to globalization in a decade

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  • 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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