CARTELの意味、カルテル、企業連合

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2005.11.04(Review of 2004.11.09 edition)

Welcome to the Friday edition of WordMaster@Work! Today let's look at a group of companies who have found that cooperating with the competition makes a lot more sense - and dollars! - than doing battle with them!

Today's Lesson
CARTEL   カルテル、企業連合

Explanation

  • A cartel is a group of companies or countries that work together to limit competition by controlling the supply and price of a product.
  • cartel とは、供給と製品価格を操作することにより、競争を制限するために活動する企業や国の集団をさします。

examples

  1. OPEC is a cartel of countries that produce and export oil.
  2. It has recently been discovered that a cartel of 16 hullnut* growers have been controlling the market price for the nut since 1997.
  3. In order to encourage free trade, many governments prosecute groups of companies that operate as cartels.
  4. * a fictional nut

英会話レッスンEnjoy the weekend!