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Senator urges U.S. to block China's Nexen deal
Charles Schumer is a frequent critic of China's economic policies
CBC News Posted: Jul 27, 2012 10:10 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 27, 2012 10:05 AM ET
One of Nexen's largest assets is the Long Lake oilsands facility in northern Alberta. China's CNOOC has moved to take over the company in a $15.1-billion deal. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)
China's CNOOC offers $15B for Calgary oil firm NexenHigh-ranking Democratic Senator Charles Schumer says the U.S. government should stand in the way of CNOOC's $15.1-billion deal to buy Nexen unless China lives up to promises it has already made to open its market to U.S. companies.
CNOOC — the China National Offshore Oil Corp. — is China's state-owned oil company.
The New York senator, a noted opponent of China's international trade policies, will tell U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the U.S. should block the takeover of Calgary-based Nexen unless China lives up to its free trade commitments.
According to a draft of the letter obtained by Reuters, the U.S. should demand "tangible, enforceable commitments" on trade, Schumer said.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, headed up by Geithner, has the authority to approve or decline foreign takeovers involving U.S. assets based on national security concerns.
Regulatory hurdles
Approximately 10 per cent of Nexen's assets are U.S.- based, primarily oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
"I respectfully urge you, in your capacity as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, to withhold approval of this transaction to ensure U.S. companies reciprocal treatment," Reuters quoted Schumer as saying in the letter.
Schumer is a staunch opponent of China's fiscal policies. Among other things, Schumer accuses China of keeping the value of its currency, the yuan, artificially low, which supports the local manufacturing industry.
When asked by CBC News for comment Friday, the senator was not immediately available.
Democratic Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi also called for a thorough review of the CNOOC deal. "This deal prompts great concern about the Chinese government’s continued attempts to use its state-owned enterprises to acquire global energy resources," Pelosi's spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement to CBC News.
CNOOC's deputy general manager Lu Bo told Chinese state-run media agency Xinhua on Friday that the company is confident it will secure all necessary regulatory approvals and complete the deal.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/07/27/nexen-cnooc-us.html
Charles Schumer is a frequent critic of China's economic policies
CBC News Posted: Jul 27, 2012 10:10 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 27, 2012 10:05 AM ET
One of Nexen's largest assets is the Long Lake oilsands facility in northern Alberta. China's CNOOC has moved to take over the company in a $15.1-billion deal. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)
China's CNOOC offers $15B for Calgary oil firm NexenHigh-ranking Democratic Senator Charles Schumer says the U.S. government should stand in the way of CNOOC's $15.1-billion deal to buy Nexen unless China lives up to promises it has already made to open its market to U.S. companies.
CNOOC — the China National Offshore Oil Corp. — is China's state-owned oil company.
The New York senator, a noted opponent of China's international trade policies, will tell U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the U.S. should block the takeover of Calgary-based Nexen unless China lives up to its free trade commitments.
According to a draft of the letter obtained by Reuters, the U.S. should demand "tangible, enforceable commitments" on trade, Schumer said.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, headed up by Geithner, has the authority to approve or decline foreign takeovers involving U.S. assets based on national security concerns.
Regulatory hurdles
Approximately 10 per cent of Nexen's assets are U.S.- based, primarily oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
"I respectfully urge you, in your capacity as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, to withhold approval of this transaction to ensure U.S. companies reciprocal treatment," Reuters quoted Schumer as saying in the letter.
Schumer is a staunch opponent of China's fiscal policies. Among other things, Schumer accuses China of keeping the value of its currency, the yuan, artificially low, which supports the local manufacturing industry.
When asked by CBC News for comment Friday, the senator was not immediately available.
Democratic Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi also called for a thorough review of the CNOOC deal. "This deal prompts great concern about the Chinese government’s continued attempts to use its state-owned enterprises to acquire global energy resources," Pelosi's spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement to CBC News.
CNOOC's deputy general manager Lu Bo told Chinese state-run media agency Xinhua on Friday that the company is confident it will secure all necessary regulatory approvals and complete the deal.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/07/27/nexen-cnooc-us.html
