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61 Cards in this Set
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(bilateral multilateral) free trade negotiations
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négociations en vue d'un accord de libre-échange
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advanced country
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pays avancé
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affluence
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abondance
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affluent society
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une sociere d'abondance
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alter-globalisation or the global justice movement
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alter-mondialisation
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anti-globalisation movement
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le mouvement anti-mondialiste
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balance of trade
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la balance commerciale
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borderless world/ world without borders/interconnected world/ globalized world
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un monde sans frontières
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communications technologies
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les technologies de la communication
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comparative advantage
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avantage comparatif
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competitiveness
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competitivite
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cross-border (adj.)
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transfrontalier
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developing country
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pays en dvp
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dissemination of knowledge
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dispersion des connaissances
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domestic market
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le marche interieur
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ease of doing business in
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la facilite de conduire/faire des affaires en...
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economic integration
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intégration économique
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globalisation refers to the growing economic integration of the world, as trade, investment international borders (which may or may not have political or cultural implications).)
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emerging markets or emerging market countries
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marches emergeants
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export-oriented economy
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economie tournee vers l'export
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fair trade
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le commerce equitable
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free trade policy
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une/la politique libre-echangiste
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free trade
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libre-echange
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GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (signed in 1947)
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le GATT
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global competition
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la concurrence mondiale
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global village
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le village planetaire, le village global (terme des annees 60-70)
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global workforce
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la main-d'oeuvre mondiale
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hindrance
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entrave, obstacle
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imported goods or imports
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biens importes, importations
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international pool of worker
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regrouptt international de travailleurs
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international tariff
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le tarif international (droits de douane a l'import-export)
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labour costs/ labor costs
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le coût du travail
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low(er)-cost labour/workforce
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main-d'oeuvre bon marché
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manufacturing jobs
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emploi industriel
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multinational company
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companie multinationale
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network
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reseau
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today's community networks stretch across cities, nations, continents and oceans
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non-tariff barriers to international trade (for instance, environmental standards, Safety standards and health standards)
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les barrieres non tarifaires au commerce international |
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offshoring
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delocalisation (concept.)
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one person's loss is (not) another person's gain
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le gain d'une personne est la perte d'une autre
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opportunity cost
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le coût d'opportunite
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pace
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rythme (ex
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The accelerating pace of globalisation is having a profound effect on life in rich and poor countries aliken transforming regions such as Detroit or Bangalore from boom to bust or vice versa- in a generation)
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TAFTA or Transatlantic Free Trade Area (currently under negotiation)
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zone de libre-echange transatlantique ou grand marche transatlantique
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tariff
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tarif ou droits de douane
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telecommuting or teleworking
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travail a distance ou teletravail
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the free movement of people/ freedom of movement
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la libre circulation des individus
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the movement of goods, services and capital
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la circulation des biens (marchands), dfes services, des capitaux(marchands). des
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to bridge/overcome (the) distance(s)
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abolir les distances
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to capitalise on sth
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tirer parti de. s'appuyer sur (ex
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Multinationals hare become increasingly global. locating manufacturing plants orerseas in order to capitalise on chezper lavour costs or to be closer to their markets.)
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to foster sth (ex to foster cultural exchange and awareness)
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favoriser qqchose
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or to go from bust to boom
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connaître une grande croissance, expansion
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to improve profit margins |
augmenter les marges bénéficiaires |
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to improve profitability |
améliorer la rentabilité |
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to lower remove/break down (the) barriers to international trade |
réduire, éliminer les entraves, les obstacles au commerce international |
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to move activities/ productions offshore, to outsource production |
délocaliser les activités |
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to outsource a service, a department |
externaliser, confier une activité ) un sous-traitant, déléguer |
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to pave the way for sth |
tracer/ouvrir la voie |
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to relocate a service, a branch |
délocaliser
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trade agreement |
accord commercial |
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trade barrier |
barrières commerciales |
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trade deficit |
déficit commercial |
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trade surplus |
excédent commercial |
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WTO World Trade Organisation (1995) |
OMS |
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