State commissioner Ming Hsu expected that her commission on International Trade would not merely the future effects of foreign competition on local businesses but would also offer practical strategies for successfully resisting such competition. A. Counteract
B. Intensify
C. Imagine
D. Forecast
E. Excuse

The answer is D but I don’t understand why it isn’t B. What should I be looking at in the question that’ll lead me to choose D? I thought it would be B and if it wasn’t that it would be A. Any help is appreciated! ^ - ^