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US protectionist fangs bare in Unocal bid
By Matthew Benjamin (usnews.com)
Updated: 2005-07-10 22:04

Trade fury. There's no better term for the atmosphere on Capitol Hill these days. It's bipartisan, it's increasing in ardor, and it reached a frenzy last month when the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed two measures aimed at slowing or blocking the purchase of an American oil company by the Chinese National Offshore Oil Company. Ironically, the Chinese responded last week by lecturing Congress on the value of free markets.
US protectionist fangs bare in Unocal bid
皇冠体育app National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) oil rigs is seen in 皇冠体育app's Liaodong Bay of the Bohai sea February 3, 2005. [newsphoto]
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The current battle rages over an audacious $18.5 billion cash bid for Unocal, the ninth-largest U.S. oil company but one with rich assets in Asia. Unocal has previously accepted a $16.6 billion offer from Chevron, but shareholders will not vote on the deal until next month.

Other bills are in the works to toughen trade enforcement sanctions against 皇冠体育app and to punish it for what some view as deliberate manipulation of its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage.

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