Globalization a boon or a bane ? Flashcards

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une frontière

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a border, a frontier

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un monde sans frontière

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a borderless world

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l’économie mondiale

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the global economy

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le commerce, les échanges

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trade

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le commerce extérieur

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overseas trade

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le 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 market, free-market economy

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un partisan du libéralisme

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a free-marketer

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le libéralisme

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liberalism

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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 economy

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une zone de libre-échange

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a free trade area

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un partenaire commercial

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a trading partner

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le chiffre 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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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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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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les arguments pour ou contre la mondialisation

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the case for or against 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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le 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, les pays les moins avancés

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LDCs, least developed countries

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une économie émergente

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an emerging economy

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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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des objets artisanaux

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handicrafts

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un exportateur, un importateur

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an exporter, an 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

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to break into a market

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s’emparer d’un marché

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to corner, to capture a market

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le protectionnisme

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protectionism

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mesures, politiques protectionnistes

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protectionniste measures, policies

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les tarifs douaniers, les droits de douane

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tariffs

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le 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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les délocalisations

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outsourcing, offshoring, relocating

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délocaliser la production, les emplois

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to outsource, relocate production, jobs

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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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économies 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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manufacturing jobs

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le tertiaire, les services

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the service industry, 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, salariaux

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production, wage costs

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la concurrence

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competition

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concurrence acharnée, déloyale

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fierce, unfair competition

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vendre à perte

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to trade at a loss

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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 compte with low-paid workers

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être à la traine

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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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to subsidize

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l’américanisation

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Americanization

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l’occidentalisation

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Westernization

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l’uniformisation

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standardization

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l’exception culturelle

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cultural exception, cultural exemption

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un militant anti-mondialiste

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an antiglobalization activity, protester, an antiglobalist

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l’altermondialisme

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alter-globalization

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la démondialisation

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deglobalization

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une émeute

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a riot