| A | B |
|---|
| tariffs | the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports |
| retaliated | to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like |
| escalate | to increase in intensity, magnitude |
| entrepreneur | a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk |
| enabling | to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize |
| nondescript | undistinguished or uninteresting |
| diplomacy | the art or science of conducting such negotiations |
| docket | the list of business to be transacted by a board, council, legislative assembly, or the like |
| pediatrics | the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children |
| indisputable | not disputable or deniable; uncontestable |
| crunching | to perform a great many numerical calculations or extensive manipulations of numerical data |
| submerged | under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium |
| contaminate | something that contaminates or carries contamination |
| amendments | an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution |
