Cloze Test 74

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could ____________ (1) players, including Amazon.com Inc., to restructure ties with some major sellers. The government discussions ____________ (2) with a growing number of complaints from India’s bricks-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc.-controlled Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass federal rules, allegations the U.S. companies deny. India only allows foreign e-commerce players to operate as a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers. It ____________ (3) them from holding inventories of goods and directly selling them on their platforms. Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in December 2018 by investment rule changes that ____________ (4) foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. Now, the government is considering adjusting some provisions to prevent those arrangements, even if the e-commerce firm holds an indirect stake in a seller through its parent, the sources said. The changes could ____________ (5) Amazon as it holds indirect equity stakes in two of its biggest online sellers in India.

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could ____________ (1) players, including Amazon.com Inc., to restructure ties with some major sellers. The government discussions ____________ (2) with a growing number of complaints from India’s bricks-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc.-controlled Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass federal rules, allegations the U.S. companies deny. India only allows foreign e-commerce players to operate as a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers. It ____________ (3) them from holding inventories of goods and directly selling them on their platforms. Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in December 2018 by investment rule changes that ____________ (4) foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. Now, the government is considering adjusting some provisions to prevent those arrangements, even if the e-commerce firm holds an indirect stake in a seller through its parent, the sources said. The changes could ____________ (5) Amazon as it holds indirect equity stakes in two of its biggest online sellers in India.

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could ____________ (1) players, including Amazon.com Inc., to restructure ties with some major sellers. The government discussions ____________ (2) with a growing number of complaints from India’s bricks-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc.-controlled Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass federal rules, allegations the U.S. companies deny. India only allows foreign e-commerce players to operate as a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers. It ____________ (3) them from holding inventories of goods and directly selling them on their platforms. Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in December 2018 by investment rule changes that ____________ (4) foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. Now, the government is considering adjusting some provisions to prevent those arrangements, even if the e-commerce firm holds an indirect stake in a seller through its parent, the sources said. The changes could ____________ (5) Amazon as it holds indirect equity stakes in two of its biggest online sellers in India.

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could ____________ (1) players, including Amazon.com Inc., to restructure ties with some major sellers. The government discussions ____________ (2) with a growing number of complaints from India’s bricks-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc.-controlled Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass federal rules, allegations the U.S. companies deny. India only allows foreign e-commerce players to operate as a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers. It ____________ (3) them from holding inventories of goods and directly selling them on their platforms. Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in December 2018 by investment rule changes that ____________ (4) foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. Now, the government is considering adjusting some provisions to prevent those arrangements, even if the e-commerce firm holds an indirect stake in a seller through its parent, the sources said. The changes could ____________ (5) Amazon as it holds indirect equity stakes in two of its biggest online sellers in India.

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could ____________ (1) players, including Amazon.com Inc., to restructure ties with some major sellers. The government discussions ____________ (2) with a growing number of complaints from India’s bricks-and-mortar retailers, which have for years accused Amazon and Walmart Inc.-controlled Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass federal rules, allegations the U.S. companies deny. India only allows foreign e-commerce players to operate as a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers. It ____________ (3) them from holding inventories of goods and directly selling them on their platforms. Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in December 2018 by investment rule changes that ____________ (4) foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. Now, the government is considering adjusting some provisions to prevent those arrangements, even if the e-commerce firm holds an indirect stake in a seller through its parent, the sources said. The changes could ____________ (5) Amazon as it holds indirect equity stakes in two of its biggest online sellers in India.