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Ch.5 - La mondialisation
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
02/10/2013
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Term
un(e) actionnaire
 Definition
stockholder
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une barrière
 Definition
barrier
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le bien-être
 Definition
well-being
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le chômage
 Definition
unemployment
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une multinationale
 Definition
(multi-national) company
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la coopération
 Definition
cooperation
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le crime
 Definition
crime
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la croissance
 Definition
growth
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les droits de l'homme
 Definition
human rights
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l'écart
 Definition
gap, discrepancy
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la maladie
 Definition
illness
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la main-d'oeuvre
 Definition
labor
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la ouverture
 Definition
opening
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le revenu
 Definition
income, salary, earnings
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la solidarité
 Definition
solidarity
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le tribunal
 Definition
court
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engendrer
 Definition
to generate, cause
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épuiser
 Definition
to exhaust, use up
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lutter
 Definition
to fight, struggle
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marginaliser
 Definition
to marginalize
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menacer
 Definition
to threaten
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partager
 Definition
to share
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réglementer
 Definition
to regulate
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s'unir
 Definition
to unite, band together
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efficace
 Definition
efficient
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créer des emplois
 Definition
to create jobs
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l'externalisation
 Definition
outsourcing
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faire concurrence à
 Definition
to compete with
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le niveau de vie
 Definition
standard of living
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les pay en voie de développement, les pays en développement
 Definition
developing country
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poursuivre en justice
 Definition
to try, to bring to justice
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les ressources naturelles
 Definition
natural resources
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le savoir-faire technologique
 Definition
technological know-how
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la concurrence
 Definition
competition
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le/la consommateur(-trice)
 Definition
consumer
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le développement
 Definition
development
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les économies
 Definition
savings
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la efficacité
 Definition
efficiency
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l'exportateur(-trice)
 Definition
exporter
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l'importateur(-trice)
 Definition
importer
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le libre-échange
 Definition
free trade
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la lutte
 Definition
struggle
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le marché
 Definition
market
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l'ouvrier(-ièrer) spécialisé(e)
 Definition
semi-skilled worker
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la pauvreté
 Definition
poverty
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la production
 Definition
production
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la (de)régelmentation
 Definition
(de)regulation
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la subvention
 Definition
subsidy
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le tarif douanier
 Definition
customs tariff
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le taux d'intérêt
 Definition
interest rate
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le transport
 Definition
shipping, transport
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aider (qqn à faire qch)
 Definition
to help (someone)
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élargir
 Definition
to braoden
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emprunter
 Definition
to borrow
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exporter
 Definition
to export
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freiner
 Definition
to slow (to put the brakes on)
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importer
 Definition
to import
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imposer (des conditions)
 Definition
to impose (conditions)
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prêter
 Definition
to lend
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produire
 Definition
to produce, manufacture
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promouvoir
 Definition
to promote
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avantageux(-euse)
 Definition
advantageous
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bénéfique
 Definition
beneficial
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concurrentiel(le)
 Definition
competitive
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conservateur(-trice)
 Definition
conservative
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de gauche
 Definition
leftist, liberal
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disponible
 Definition
available
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avoir les moyens (de)
 Definition
to have the means (to)
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le coût (m) de la vie
 Definition
cost of living
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être dépourvu(e) de (qqch)
 Definition
to be lacing (something)
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la prise de conscience
 Definition
realization, awaking
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les produits pétrolier
 Definition
petroleum products
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tirer bénéfice
 Definition
to make a profit
Term
la culture
 Definition
culture, crop
Term
la classe (moyenne)
 Definition
(middle) class
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le commerce équitable
 Definition
faire trade
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la conséquence
 Definition
consequence, result
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les déchets
 Definition
waste, garbage
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l'écart
 Definition
gap
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l'éloingement
 Definition
distancing, creation of distance
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la émission
 Definition
emission
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l'épuisment
 Definition
draining, exhaustion
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l'équilibre
 Definition
balance, equilibrium
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la gestion
 Definition
management
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la grippe
 Definition
flu
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le lieu
 Definition
place
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la manutrition
 Definition
malnutrition
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le milliard
 Definition
billion
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la misère
 Definition
abject poverty
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les ordures
 Definition
garbage
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la pandémie
 Definition
pandemic
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la pollution
 Definition
pollution
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la productivité
 Definition
productivity
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le réchauffement climatique
 Definition
global warming
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le recyclage
 Definition
recycling
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le syndicat
 Definition
(labor) union
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affaiblir
 Definition
to weaken
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boycotter
 Definition
to boycott
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se débarasser de
 Definition
to get rid of
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découler
 Definition
to ensue, follow
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entraîner
 Definition
to lead, bring about
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gérer
 Definition
to manage
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s'opposer à
 Definition
to be opposed to
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plaire (à qqun)
 Definition
to please (someone)
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profiter à
 Definition
to benefit, to be profitable for
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se débarrasser de
 Definition
to dispose of
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chimique
 Definition
chemical
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désastreux(-euse)
 Definition
disastrous
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toxique
 Definition
toxic
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urbain(e)
 Definition
urban
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au détriment de
 Definition
at the expense of
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à vos risques et périls
 Definition
at your own risk
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l'effet de serre
 Definition
greenhouse effect
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la gaz carbonique
 Definition
carbon dioxide
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