Building Relationships 3

To do business with someone, first you should try to _____ a rapport.

• improve

• establish

• promote

Their repeated interventions _____ the whole meeting.

• corrupted

• broke off

• disrupted

Japan is trying to _____ a much warmer relationship with China.

• cut off

• improve

• cultivate

China's desire to _____ a solid relationship with the US has been the anchor of its foreign policy for several decades.

• maintain

• undermine

• strain

Thanks to its sponsorship of various cultural events, the company _____ very good relations with the local community.

• resumes

• enjoys

• improves

With a view to fostering economic prosperity, the European Union has launched an initiative to _____ closer relations with a number of ex-Soviet states.

• establish

• disrupt

• damage