Vocabulary : The economy / Mondialisation Flashcards

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1
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Être en expansion

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To boom

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Frontière

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Border

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pénétrer un marché

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To break into

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Concurrencer

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To compete

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Compétitivité

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Competitiveness

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Un concurrent

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Competitor

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Concurrence

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Competition

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Fret transporté en containers

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Containerised freight

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Flux transfrontaliers

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Cross-border flows

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Désindustrialisation

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De-industrialisation

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Dérèglementer

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Te deregulate

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Pays développés / en voie de développement

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Developed / Developing countries

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Prospérité économique

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Economic prosperity

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14
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Qui ne revient pas cher

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Economical

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Economies d’échelle

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Economies of scale

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L’économie en général

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Economy

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17
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Marchandise exportée

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Export

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Exporter

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To export

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Commerce équitable

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Fair trade

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Concurrence féroce

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Fierce competition

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21
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Libéralisme économique

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Free market system

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Partisan du libéralisme économique

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Free marketeer

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Libre échange

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Free trade

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A l’échelle mondiale

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On a global scale

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La croissance

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Growth

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Niveau de vie

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Living standard / standard of living

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27
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Abaisser

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To lower

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FMN (firme multinationale)

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MNC (multinational corporation)

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Délocalisation

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Offshoring

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Sous-traiter (par exension : délocaliser)

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To outsource / To source

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Produire

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To produce

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Un produit

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Product

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33
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Coûts de production

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Production costs

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34
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Lucratif

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Profitable

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35
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Faire polémique

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Raise controversy

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36
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Gamme / Variété de produits

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Range of products

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37
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Augmenter des droits de douane

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To ratchet up duties

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38
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Matières premières

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Raw materials

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39
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Récolter des avantages

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To reap benefits

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40
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S’élever, Se lever, monter

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To rise

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41
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Déménager, délocaliser

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To relocate

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Déméngament, délocalisation

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Relocating

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S’installer à l’étranger

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To settle abroad

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Expédier des marchandises

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To shi goods

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Ralentissement

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Slowdown

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Pièces détachées

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Spare parts

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Stagner

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To stagnate

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Uniformisation

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Standardisation

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L’acier et l’aluminium

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Steel and aluminium

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Sous-traitant

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Subcontractor

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L’offre et la demande

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Supply and demand

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Chaîne d’approvisionnement

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Supply chain

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Inonder le marché

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To swamp the market

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Paradis fiscal

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Tax haven

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Le commerce

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Trade

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Négociations commerciales

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Trade talks

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Dans le monde entier

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Worldwide

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OMC (Organisation Mondiale du Commerce)

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WTO (World Trade Organisation)

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Misère

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Abject poverty

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Altermondialisme

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Anti-Globalisation

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Richesse, abondance

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Affluence

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Boom économique

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Boom

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Faillite

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Bust

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Main-d’oeuvre bon marché

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Cheap labour

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Société de consommation

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Consumer society

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Consumérisme

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Consumerisme

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Consommation

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Consumption

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Exception culturelle

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Cultural exception

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Droits de douane

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Customs duties

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Coutumes, habitudes / Douane

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Customs

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Atelier de misère

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Sweatshop

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Banque Mondiale

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World Bank

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Barrière commerciale

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Trade barrier

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Centre manufacturier

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Manufacturing hub

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Circulation de la main-d’oeuvre

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Labour flow

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Circulation de l’information

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Information flow

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Commerce extérieur

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Overseas trade

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Concurrence acharnée / déloyale

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Fierce/Unfair competition

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Economie d’échelle

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Economies of scale

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Economies émergentes

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Emerging economies

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Flux des capitaux

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Financial flow

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Fuite des capitaux

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Flight of capital

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Economie de marché

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Free market / Market economy

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Mondial

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Global

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Déséquilibre

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Imbalance

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Inégalité de revenus

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Income inequality

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Redistribution du revenu

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Income redistribution

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Circulation de l’information

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Information flow

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Interdépendance

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Interdependence

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Circulation de la main-d’oeuvre

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Labour flow

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Centre manufacturier

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Manufacturing hub

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Moeurs

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Mores

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Sous-traitance, délocalisastion

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Outsourcing, offshoring

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Commerce extérieur

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Overseas trade

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Protectionnisme

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Protectionism

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Standardisation

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Standardisation

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Niveau de vie

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Standards of living

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Droits de douane

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Tariffs

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Subventionner

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To subsidise

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Barrière commerciale

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Trade barrier

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Excédent/Déficit budgétaire

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Trade surplus/deficit

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Omniprésent

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Ubiquitous

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Sans précédent

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Unprecedent