Feeding this perception, some members of Congress are now exhorting CFIUS to block CNOOC’s proposed acquisition of Nexen, a Canadian energy company with holdings in the Gulf of Mexico, until China resolves ongoing disputes with the US over preferential government procurement policies and barriers to FDI by US companies in China. Heeding these calls would be a costly mistake that would undermine the objective, non-discriminatory CFIUS process and encourage Chinese companies to look elsewhere at a time when Chinese FDI is poised to explode and the US economy sorely needs the jobs, capital, and trade benefits that it would bring.
让人不得不有这种感觉的是，某些国会议员目前正在劝CFIUS阻挠中海油对尼克森公司（加拿大能源公司，拥有墨西哥湾油田所有权）的收购，除非中国在与美国关于政府优先采购政策和中国对美国FDI壁垒的争论中做出让步。响应这一��求将是代价沉重的错误，这样做会破坏客观中立的CFIUS程序、鼓励中国公司将目光投向别处——要知道，目前中国FDI正蓄势待发，而美国经济急需中国FDI所带来的就业、资本和贸易方面的好处。