Question 38: Which of the following best paraphrases the sentence in paragraph 1? A. Governments and firms have stopped expanding their link...

Question 38: Which of the following best paraphrases the sentence in paragraph 1?

A. Governments and firms have stopped expanding their links because cross-border ties are no longer seen as a source of potential economic growth.

B. Rather than expecting a decline in globalization, firms are now treating their domestic ties as a way to avoid any future security stories.

C. Rather than taking the growth of global connections for granted, authorities and businesses now view international relationships as sources of risk.

D. Cross-border ties are being treated as vulnerabilities only by those governments that refuse to assume that their links will keep expanding.