| A | B |
|---|
| international | existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations |
| investors | a person or organization that puts money into financial schemes, property, etc. with the expectation of achieving a profit |
| bristle | react angrily or defensively, typically by drawing oneself up |
| autocracy | a country, state, or society governed by one person with absolute power |
| reciprocal | bearing on or binding each of two parties equally |
| crystallized | make or become definite and clear |
| embargo | an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country |
| humanitarian | concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare |
| strike | a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest |
| coalition | a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states |
| company shares | one of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits |
| initial public offering | a company's flotation on the stock exchange |
| daunting | seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating |
| mach | the ratio of the speed of a body to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium |
