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[mrph]

As some people will already be aware, there's a certain concern about Dubai Ports World taking control of six U.S. ports.

"From our point of view, we don't want foreigners controlling our ports" - Thomas Kean

Fair enough. But the only reason that DP World is in this position is that they've just bought P&O - who already had control of those ports. And P&O was based in London, not American...

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[diffrentcolours]

I believe that part of the concern arises from the fact that P&O was a private company and hence the kind of cynical greedy organisation that people are used to, whereas DP World is owned (and presumably controlled) by a foreign government.

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I suspect it's more likely that concern arises from the fact that DP World is mostly owned by brown people who speak a funny language. They didn't mind P&O so much because it's mostly owned by white people who speak English as their first language.

But I really don't have a high opinion of the people running America at the moment, so maybe I'm biassed.

[diffrentcolours]

I'm sure that some people are concerned over the nationalities involved, but the reasoning I've seen coming from Government-level critics is that the new owners are a foreign government rather than a foreign corporation.