There is an integral part of this story that appears to  be missing. The company has two matching bids, one from China and one from the U.S. and one has been mired in controversy and one is not. On the surface it seems illogical that if there is no money difference, that you would prefer the China deal as opposed to the U.S. deal. If at the last minute the Liberal government orders a full security review, and it goes against selling to China, the U.S. company could reconsider its position and submit a lower bid as there is then no competition..