The Dubai Conflict

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a look at the agreement between the USA and UAE to allow the Dubai Ports World to run key U.S. seaports. The paper reports that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), approved the deal on January 17, 2006 after DP World gave assurances that employee lists and other information would be made available.

Outline:
The Debate
The Fight for Ports
History and Background
The Role of Dubai
Dubai Ports
What's The Problem
Conclusion and Final Thoughts

From the Paper:

"According to the US government Dubai is a major shipping hub with a large free-trade zone. What makes this place so interesting is its close proximity to countries of concern in the US; countries on the "weapons of mass destruction" side. Logistically Dubai is only 100 miles of he southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The US has a vested interest in keeping commodities that can be used for nuclear triggers out of trade. Some of these dual use commodities are gas monitors and software. Traders of these products are able to mark up products by 40%, whether the sale is legal or not. When the US found out that American made spark gaps and high speed medical device switches that are used to break up kidney stones were being shipped to end users in Dubai, the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) , they knew an issue for debate was on the table. At the UAE, trading activity accounts for the biggest single chunk (16.5%) of a $20 billion economy and has become a favorite diversion point on the Persian Gulf for unlikely cargo. With no export controls and hardly any legislative bureaucracy this free zone presents an excellent cover for , airports and free smugglers hoping to bypass U.S. embargoes."

Sample of Sources Used:

• A Century in Thirty Years: Shaikh Zayed and the United Arab Emirates by Joseph A. Kechichian (Editor), Published by Middle East Policy Council; February 22, 2000
• Beyond the Multinational Corporation in International Business - Government Affairs Edited by John Fayerweather, Robinson, Richard, Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company,
• Culture Shock! United Arab Emirates, Published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.; Expanded Edition, March 2002
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• Dubai to Enter U.S. Cargo Security Program, the Associated Press, 12 December 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Cargo-Security.html

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