This is a really stupid argument.
We should not have the Chinese OR UAE running our terminals.
I only meant to counteract the misinformation out there, that makes it sound like the UAE deal is something novel. It isn't novel at all.
It's good to know that you are more consistent than the Clintons or the grandstanding politicians who are running screaming that something new is happening.
There is an inherent difficulty in determining where to draw the line on foreign businesses, since international businesses have so many partnerships, parent corporations, daughter corporations, etc. Somebody has to make difficult decisions.
COSCO, which is the second largest shipping company in the world, not only is involved in running terminal(s?) in the US, it is busily strengthening its relationships with companies that are in the terminal business
Also, COSCO recently bought COSTACO, China's largest shipping tally company , which is a business involved in cargo measuring and weighing bulk cargo and supervising loading and unloading operations (in other words, it is in the terminal-managing business.
The other company (PSA) that was bidding on P&O was connected to the Singapore government and had close ties with COSCO.
We should not have the Chinese OR UAE running our terminals.