regex101: MD higlighter

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

1st Alternativeglobalis

globalisthe literal text globalis (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativetransnat

transnatthe literal text transnat (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativefacili

facilithe literal text facili (case insensitive)

4th Alternativecontainer

containerthe literal text container (case insensitive)

5th AlternativeLIC

LICthe literal text LIC (case insensitive)

6th Alternativetrad

tradthe literal text trad (case insensitive)

7th AlternativeTNC

TNCthe literal text TNC (case insensitive)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 3(.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Search reference

Regular Expression

(.*?)((?>globalis|transnat|facili|container|LIC|trad|TNC).+?)\s+(.*?)

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- Freedom of trade
	- The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is allowing free trade between all countries.
		- This causes globalisation because allowing freedom of trade means anyone can trade with anyone and get better access to ores & minerals. 
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- Containerisation
	- Containerisation is when products are put in big boxes to be transported all around the world.
		- It causes globalisation because it made it easy & cheap transport things overseas.
		- Lots of things were modified to fit the new containers and make it the industry standard.
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- Locating outside of home countries
	- Companies (e.g. IKEA) are building market, outside of where they were originally located
		- Locating in foreign countries can allow companies to take advantage of local suppliers and local materials.
		- IKEA was founded in Sweden but now sells in 38 countries like Iceland, Kuwait and Malaysia.
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- Improvements of communications
	- The internet and mobile phones give people more access to communication outside of their country.
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- Cheap Labour
	- In countries like India, China and Brazil, labour costs are much lower.

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