global commodity

collocation in English

meaningsofglobalandcommodity

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global
adjective
uk
/ˈɡləʊ.bəl/us
/ˈɡloʊ.bəl/
relating to the ...
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commodity
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us
/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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(Definition ofglobalandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Opium is viewed in this article as a transformed, transformational andglobalcommodity.
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This pattern mirrors changes in stumpage values, which peaked in 1979-80 during theglobalcommodityprice boom.
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Once the economy's lifeblood, the industry is now assailed by the effects of trade liberalisation and threatened loss of protection in an increasingly competitiveglobalcommoditymarket.
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Achieving such an insertion, they suggest, should be based on the pursuit by communities of ' upgrading ' strategies that move them up the value-added scale inglobalcommoditychains.
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This is not just a matter of distinguishing local, amateur (or 'authentic') music making processes from theglobalcommodity.
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That is also increasingly true of labour, especially highly skilled labour, which is aglobalcommodity that buys and sells itself, not only through pay remuneration, but with transfer fees.
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These were followed byglobalcommoditytrading, gas liquids processing, real estate, pulp and paper, risk management and finance.
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Economic concerns continued to dominate the national discourse, and sharp fall inglobalcommodityprices in 1986 stymied hopes for lasting financial stability.
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This is due both to rising domestic demand and to risingglobalcommodityprices.
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The company was originally engaged in global commodities trading but expanded over the years to include a range of financial services.
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These products had already emerged as vast global commodities with very substantial production zones and large markets, large demand for those commodities both in the third world and the first.
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