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The answer is A.

Even though taxes are mentioned it is never clearly stated that Britain wants the Americans paying higher taxes than them. The most important part of that paragraph were the first two sentences where the British expressed their expectations for Americans to take more responsibility and defend themselves. This may involve paying taxes yes, but not necessarily higher ones that citizens living in Britain pay.

detente translated to english means politics

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed