Globalization, a boon or a bane

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un monde sans frontières

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a borderless world

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commerce extérieur

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overseas trade

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économie de marché

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free-market economy

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libéralisme

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liberalism

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libre-échange

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free trade

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libéralisation des échanges

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liberalisation of trade

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déreglementation

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deregulation

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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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excédent/déficit commercial

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trade surplus/deficit

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flux de capitaux

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capital flow

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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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les avantages et inconvénients

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the advantages and drawbacks

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les bienfaits et dangers

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the benefits and pitfalls

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la balance des paiements

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the balance of payments

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les pays riches

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the rich world

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le Tiers monde

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the Third world

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pays en voie de développement

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industrialising/developing country

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pays émergent

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emerging country

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commerce équitable

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fair trade

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le taux de change

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the exchange rate

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pénétrer 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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tarifs douaniers

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tariffs

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abaisser/ supprimer les barrières douanières

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to lower/ remove trade barriers

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une FTN

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a multinational

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délocalisation

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outsourcing/ 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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travaux/ emplois du IIaire

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manufacturing job

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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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normes en matière d'emploi/ d'environnement

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labour/ environmental standards

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coûts salariaux/ de la production

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wage/ labour/ production costs

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concurrence déloyale/ acharnée

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unfair/fierce competition

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vendre à perte

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to trade at loss

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compétitivité

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competitiveness

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subventionner

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to subsidize

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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occidentalisation

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westernization

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alter/ anti mondialisation

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anti/ alter globalization

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matières premières

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raw materials/ commodities

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problème économique

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economic issue

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terrible condition de travail

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appalling/ terrible/ unbearable/ working conditions

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encourager

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to foster

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superviser

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to oversee

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éclipser

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to overshadow

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représenter/ compter pour

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to account for

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rejeter

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to shun

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en tant que tel

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NM + as such

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submerger

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to overwhelm

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soutenir

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to underpin

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devises

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currencies

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effets secondaires

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side effects

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remonter à/ date de

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to date back to

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entraîner

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to breed

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Atelier de misère

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Sweatshop

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économique (se rapportant à l'économie) / économique (permettant des économies)

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economic / economical

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Pays pratiquant une politique de bas salaire

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Low-wage countries

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Fléau

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a bane/ plague/ scourge

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Maison de plain pied

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Stair-free house

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La bourse

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Stock Exchange

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les actionnaires

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Investors

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to ail

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souffrir

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le prix du cuivre

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the copper prices

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des entrepreneurs en batiment

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Building constructors

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pansements

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sticking plasters

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répandu/ généralisé

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widespread

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dans le monde entier

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world wide/ throughout the world/ all over/around the world

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt | to file for bankruptcy