The government can also choose to impose conditions on the deal, such as a guaranteed level of domestic investment or a certain commitment to create a given number of jobs, rather than accept or reject it outright. Gaining approval of the deal from U.S. authorities will be more difficult given the charged atmosphere of trade relations between the U.S. and China as well as a general American unease over China's growing international influence. However, because only 10% of Nexen's assets are in the United States, the American government cannot block the deal, it can only force CNOOC to comply with certain conditions for operating in the country or (in a worst case scenario for CNOOC) force it to divest its American assets. Thus, primary responsibility for the fate of the acquisition will fall on the Canadian government. Unfortunately for CNOOC, a recent insider trading scandal related to the deal has cast a spotlight on rampant opportunities for corruption buried in the Chinese brand of state-led capitalism.