Any storm in a port? The deal that saw Dubai's DP World takeover P&O has aroused a storm of controversy in the United States. But it is not the only incidence of geo-political considerations impacting on trade and commerce in the Middle East.

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Any storm in a port? The deal that saw Dubai's DP World takeover P&O has aroused a storm of controversy in the United States. But it is not the only incidence of geo-political considerations impacting on trade and commerce in the Middle East.

WHEN THE MIDDLE EAST reported on the United Arab Emirate's parastatal, Dubai Port World's (DP World) take-over bid for P&O (DP World makes giant acquisition--January 2006), few could have foreseen the drama that would unfold with a high-stakes financial battle between DP World and Singapore's state-linked PSA International.

Eventually, on 10 February, PSA International co...

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