to ditch	to abandon
to voice concern about sth	to express concern
to come under scrutiny	to come under detailed examination
opaque	unclear
bashing	beating
injection of cash	infusion of cash
to spur growth	to boost growth
to hold a meeting	to organise a meeting
markedly	visibly
to take sth as a snub	to offence
to squabble over sth	to argue about sth
to boycott sth	to reject sth
woes	troubles worries
to recall	to withdraw
novel	innovative
to shrivel	to reduce, end up