Both of them are playing a game of brinksmanship. The risk both run is regulatory intervention, which neither wants. But this is a complicated issue that defies the simplistic analysis.
Quotes about brinksmanship (3 Quotes)
The choice is very clear -- either a partisan brinksmanship or a bipartisan accomplishment, ... We can't see a partisan standoff on an issue this important.
with North Korea reneging on a key issue of the new disarmament agreement, U. S. negotiators are trying to keep the six-party talks going because nuclear brinksmanship makes all nations nervous.