achieve a bargain | an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost (złapać okazję) |
antiglobalization | Opposition to the increase in the global power and influence of businesses |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
Assimilate | Take in and understand fully (information or ideas) [przyswajać] |
At a crossroads | A point at which a crucial decision must be made which will have far-reaching consequences |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
backlash against | A strong negative reaction by a large number of people (gwałtowna reakcja) |
comparative advantage | The ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity more efficiently.. |
Cumulative | developing or increasing gradually as a result of more and more additions |
cultural lint | strzępek kulturowy |
dumping | to sell goods at a very low price in a foreign country in orderto keep prices higher in |
embargo | a government order preventing trade with another country |
exploitation | unfair treatment of someone, or the use of a situation in a way that is wrong (wyzysk) |
export/import-oriented | mainly concerned with the export/import of goods or services |
falter | to stop doing something because you have lost your confidence or determination(zawahac sie,os |
generic | relating to or suitable for a range or class of similar things (rodzajowy) |
government regulations | regulacje rzÄ…dowe |
hothouse | an environment that encourages rapid development |
hurdle | An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome (przeszkoda, płotek) |
indigenous | Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; native (lokalny, miejscowy) |
infant industry | a newly established industry developed either by private-enterprise interests or set up by governmen |
inter-government trade agreements | a wide ranging tax, tariff and trade treaty that often includes investment guarantees |
insular | isolated or separated; narrow-minded or illiberal |
irrevocable | not able to be revoked, changed, or undone (nieodwracalny) |
liberalize | To make liberal or more liberal |
lodge a complaint | to put or bring a complaint before a court or other authority |
low-tariff country | country with low duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods |
multilateral deal | An agreement involving more than two nations or parties |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
protectionism | The advocacy, system, or theory of protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting, as by tarr |
protectionist | An individual who is an advocate of protectionism or a policy made in accordance with ideas of prot |
quota | the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or isdue or belongs |
reach an agreement | to come to a settlement with someone |
reciprocate | to make a return, as for something given, to give or feel in return (odwzajemnić, odwdz |
regional trade deal | regionalna umowa handlowa |
restriction | a principle or regulation that limits the extent of something |
sanction | a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards (sankcja) |
strategic industry | an industry that a government considers to be very important for the country's economy or saf |
tariff | cennik, cło, taryfa celna |
tit-for- tat | an equivalent given in return or retaliation (oko za oko) |
to address a problem/ yourself to a problem of | To begin to deal with a problem |
to break/end an impasse | To end the period of a deadlock (przełamać impas) |
Trade barrier | something that makes international trade more difficult or expensive |
Unhindered | not slowed or blocked or interfered with (nieskrępowany, nieograniczony) |
Vocal protesters | someone who shows that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs |
Break/resolve a deadlock | to put to the end a situation in which neither person or group involved in a disagreement is willin |
Ease trade/restrictions on | to make a rule or law that limits what people can do less burdensome |
End in/reach a deadlock | to end up a situation in which agreement in an argument cannot be reached because neither side |
Reach an impasse | to progress to the point that a barrier stops further progress (znaleźć się w sytuacji |
Remain deadlocked | Pozostać w sytuacji bez wyjścia |