Vocabulary : The economy / Mondialisation Flashcards

(104 cards)

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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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7
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Concurrence

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Competition

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8
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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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15
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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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18
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Exporter

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To export

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19
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Commerce équitable

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Fair trade

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20
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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
Growth
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Niveau de vie
Living standard / standard of living
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Abaisser
To lower
28
FMN (firme multinationale)
MNC (multinational corporation)
29
Délocalisation
Offshoring
30
Sous-traiter (par exension : délocaliser)
To outsource / To source
31
Produire
To produce
32
Un produit
Product
33
Coûts de production
Production costs
34
Lucratif
Profitable
35
Faire polémique
Raise controversy
36
Gamme / Variété de produits
Range of products
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Augmenter des droits de douane
To ratchet up duties
38
Matières premières
Raw materials
39
Récolter des avantages
To reap benefits
40
S'élever, Se lever, monter
To rise
41
Déménager, délocaliser
To relocate
42
Déméngament, délocalisation
Relocating
43
S'installer à l'étranger
To settle abroad
44
Expédier des marchandises
To ship goods
45
Ralentissement
Slowdown
46
Pièces détachées
Spare parts
47
Stagner
To stagnate
48
Uniformisation
Standardisation
49
L'acier et l'aluminium
Steel and aluminium
50
Sous-traitant
Subcontractor
51
L'offre et la demande
Supply and demand
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Chaîne d'approvisionnement
Supply chain
53
Inonder le marché
To swamp the market
54
Paradis fiscal
Tax haven
55
Menacer
To threaten
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Le commerce
Trade
57
Négociations commerciales
Trade talks
58
Dans le monde entier
Worldwide
59
OMC (Organisation Mondiale du Commerce)
WTO (World Trade Organisation)
60
Misère
Abject poverty
61
Altermondialisme
Anti-Globalisation
62
Richesse, abondance
Affluence
63
Boom économique
Boom
64
Faillite
Bust
65
Main-d'oeuvre bon marché
Cheap labour
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Société de consommation
Consumer society
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Consumérisme
Consumerisme
68
Consommation
Consumption
69
Exception culturelle
Cultural exception
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Droits de douane
Customs duties
71
Coutumes, habitudes / Douane
Customs
72
Atelier de misère
Sweatshop
73
Banque Mondiale
World Bank
74
Barrière commerciale
Trade barrier
75
Centre manufacturier
Manufacturing hub
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Circulation de la main-d'oeuvre
Labour flow
77
Circulation de l'information
Information flow
78
Commerce extérieur
Overseas trade
79
Concurrence acharnée / déloyale
Fierce/Unfair competition
80
Economie d'échelle
Economies of scale
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Economies émergentes
Emerging economies
82
Flux des capitaux
Financial flow
83
Fuite des capitaux
Flight of capital
84
Economie de marché
Free market / Market economy
85
Mondial
Global
86
Déséquilibre
Imbalance
87
Inégalité de revenus
Income inequality
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Redistribution du revenu
Income redistribution
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Circulation de l'information
Information flow
90
Interdépendance
Interdependence
91
Circulation de la main-d'oeuvre
Labour flow
92
Centre manufacturier
Manufacturing hub
93
Moeurs
Mores
94
Sous-traitance, délocalisastion
Outsourcing, offshoring
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Commerce extérieur
Overseas trade
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Protectionnisme
Protectionism
97
Standardisation
Standardisation
98
Niveau de vie
Standards of living
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Droits de douane
Tariffs
100
Subventionner
To subsidise
101
Barrière commerciale
Trade barrier
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Excédent/Déficit budgétaire
Trade surplus/deficit
103
Omniprésent
Ubiquitous
104
Sans précédent
Unprecedent