L labour unrest conflits de travail, mouvements sociaux syn. industrial unrest Analysts reckon that the downturn in China's coal market since 2011 spells huge layoffs for miners and raises concerns within the Communist Party about labour unrest in a slowing Chinese economy. lag behind être en retard sur, être à la traîne de Economists note that Chinese investment has become big in Sub-Saharan Africa since the late 1990s but lags behind that of Britain, America and Italy. lambast s'en prendre à, fustiger In June 2016, Barack Obama once again lambasted lax gun-control laws after the killing of 49 people and the wounding of dozens of others by an American-born Muslim at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. lame duck en fin de mandat, sortant Executive action by Obama in 2016 to tighten gun control and to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants belies the 85