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decoupling

noun/diːˈkʌplɪŋ/

C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The deliberate reduction of economic interdependence between two countries.

Talk of decoupling from China unsettled firms with deep Asian supply chains.

Similar: disentanglement

Topic: Economics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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