Globalization: a boon or a bane? Flashcards

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Un monde sans frontières

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A borderless world

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Le commerce extérieur

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Overseastrade

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Un partisans du libre-échange

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A free trader

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Un partenaire commercial

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A trading partner

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Les chiffres du commerce extérieur

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Trade figure

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La balance commercial

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The balance of trade

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La libre circulation des marchandises

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The free flow of goods

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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 pitfall of globalization

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Les avantages et inconvenients de la mondialisation

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The advantages and drawbacks

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Les arguments pour et contre la mondialisation

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The case for/against globalization

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Les pays developpés/ Les pays en voie de develloppement.

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Developed/ Developing countries.

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Le Tiers-Monde

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The third world

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Des objets artisanaux

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Handicrafts

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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 (2)

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To corner/captur a market

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Les droits de douane (2)

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Customs duties/Tarrifs

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Abaisser/Supprimer les barrières douanières

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To lower/remove trade barriers

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Les délocalisations (3)

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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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Emplois du secteur secondaires/ Tertiaires

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Manufacturing jobs/The service sector

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Profiter de la main d’œuvre bon marché
To take advantage of cheap 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 couts de production/ Salariaux
Production costs/ Wage costs
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Concurrence acharnée
Fierce competition
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Concurrence déloyale
Unfair competition
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Vendre à perte
To trade at a lost
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Un concurrent
A competitor
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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 traine
To lag behind
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Subventionner/Une subvention
To subsidize/A subsidy
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L'occidentalisation
Westernization
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L’exception culturelle
Cultural exception
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La démondialisation
Deglobalization
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Une émeute
A riot