what are some pros on the dubai port deal? what are some cons on the dubai port deal?
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Yes, I don't want to sell the American ports to OPEC. No way!
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Dubai\n\n\nAs one of the world's fastest-growing regions, construction cranes are an omnipresent sight on the horizon, making that buzz all too literal. But word-of-mouth about the potential for doing business here is equally strong, helping to make the 10th edition of the International Jewellery Dubai (IJD) show, which started Monday and concludes on Friday, Dec. 10, double in size over last year's event.\n\nThe show includes 454 exhibitors this year, up from 225 exhibitors in 2003. A greater number of first-time international participants (including Diamond Trading Co.(DTC) sightholders from Belgium and the Far East, as well as 27 companies exhibiting in an Italian Trade Centre-sponsored Italian Pavilion) reflects the region's growing importance to the international jewelry community.\n\n"As the figures indicate, IJD has grown tremendously in stature, and while it is already the most significant show of its kind in the region, it is now set to take its place among the premier shows serving the jewelry trade on the world stage," says Christina Nicholson, general manager of exhibitions and conventions for the Dubai World Trade Centre, the organizers of the show. \n\n"With Dubai playing an increasingly important part in the worldwide gold and jewelry trade, thanks to its strategic position and strong trade ties with the region, an exhibition like International Jewellery Dubai has tremendous scope for growth," Nicholson says.\n\nThe show's expansion comes as no surprise in this city, where the most common remark focuses on the shocking degree of change that's transformed Dubai from a desert outpost into a bustling capital of commerce. It is considered the hub of the Gulf region, now the third largest diamond market in the world, after the United States and Japan, according to DTC figures.
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It's not six, it's twenty-one!  Dubai is a GOVERNMENT RUN company.  And the government that owns it has allowed Al Queda to launder money through their country, in essence, funding terrorism against the United States of America.  They, Dubai, have also banned CNN from doing anymore interviews or to video tape their operations overseas.  They really want to silence Lou Dobbs.  Why, if they are on the up and up?  Please DON'T BE SO IGNORANT as to think Americans don't want Muslims controlling our ports (port authority).  We don't want terrorists or terrorist funders controlling our ports (port authority).\n***\nTwo of the 9/11 highjackers were from the UAE, the UAE continues to harbor arms dealers and terrorists, the UAE recognizes the Taliban as a legitimate governmet, the UAE refuses to accept Israel as anything but non-existent...I am glad and proud that this action is being questioned.  Listen to your radios, crack open some print, do the research, you will see that there are too many shady business deals and lying going on here for this deal to be legit.  First Bush says he'll veto (he has yet to use this power since he has been president) ANY act passed by Congress to halt these proceedings, then the VERY NEXT DAY he said he didn't even know about the deal until the American public knew about it...Why all the lies and secrecy if this deal is on the up and up?\n***\nLet's debate, not be mean to one and other.
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what are your pros and cons of going??
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They both have their good and bad points.  I would say the vendor relationship would be easier to terminate should the arrangement prove unsatisfactory.
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There are only six affected by the Dubai Ports Worldwide takeover.  You should also know that the company isn't taking over the entire port.  They're only managing some of the terminals.  The number in parentheses shows how many they'll be operating in each port if the deal goes through)\n\nBaltimore (2 of 14)\nHouston (4 of 12)\nMiami (1 of 3)\nPhiladelphia (1 of 5)\nNew Orleans (2 of 5)\nNewark, NJ (1 of 4)\n\nHope that helps ya!  Don't forget to rate the best answer!\n\n\nEDIT: LOL, Loco!  Reminds me of when I was in science class in 8th grade.  The teacher put the question: "Name the four states of matter" on the test.   Then he wrote on the board:\n\n"States that matter: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Key West."
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I've heard and seen for myself the horrors. For one, if you're driving and a Dubai citizen cuts you off and hits your car...and you try calling the police, I guarentee you that you will be arrested. There is just so much of inequality even if you lead a complete expat lifestyle away from the locals you are still under the same laws. Not worth the money!
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I would love to help but i only pass thru dubai on occasion... keep me informed though.
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We weren't.  What happened is that the British company that held the contract to manage the ports was purchased by Dubai World Imports, a port management company owned by the UAE.  This led to worries that the UAE would use access to the ports as a way to sneak terrorists into the country. Congress was simply trying to decide wether to get out of the contract and go with another company or maintain the status quo.\n\nThe ports are still owned by the United States and security is handled by the Coast Guard.  The management company only handles day to day operations.\n\nWe are looking for a management company now, because the UAE has withdrawn any claims to that contract.
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Do you really want to know all the details of why such ports are being given to a Middle-eastern business to run?  What if it is a sting operation?  Should we just publish the details and fight it?  Isn't that what we're doing?\nLeave it alone.  Bush knows what he is doing.
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I quit years ago and see no value in it. The Dubai Ports deal has nothing to do with illegal domestic spying ( opposed ).\nThis question reads like a non sequitor.\n\nOn the Dubai ports deal, I find it deliciously ironic that after years of beating the drums about terrorism and 9/11 by the Bush Admin , the American public has a large number of rabid xenophobic folks that blokced this deal.\nWhat did he expect having had this thing happen in secret?
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Advantages-\n\nEase and convenience\nOften find really good deals\nOften find items you otherwise wouldn't be able to find\n\nDisadvantages-\n\nSome concerns about security (although reputable sites are pretty secure)\nShipping costs\nHave to wait to receive items (while being shipped)
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Dubai is really very beautyfull You find every thing from cheep Chines good to Swiss and Branded Goods ,Gold and Diomand Jewellery.Food.Rest you should go there and let me know what you like good luck.
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There are pros and cons.
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Many are developing quickly...the  United Arab Emirates for example (of which Dubai is a member)...They are the ones that wanted to take over our 6 of our most important ports. This caused quite a uproar a few weeks ago.  \n\nDubai is building two man-made islands which can be seen from outer space...one is in the shape of an huge palm tree...the other I think is the globe (but I'm not sure because it was on a show I viewed a couple of months ago). The palm tree island is designed so that everthing is waterfront (ergo, very exspensive) property. Of course Trump is involved, which is why he didn't agree with the protests over the U.S. Ports. And Dubai powers that be withdrew their offer, which helped Bush save face....well actually it was too late for that!\n\nMany of the eastern Asian countries are really developing rapidly, and, in fact, are way ahead of us in tecnology.\n\nBUT, CHINA is going to very soon be THE #1 superpower. This WILL be their century. They have always had the population, but now they have really gotten their act together in the world market.\n\nWe blinked!
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P & O, an English Company was selling its operations to the Dubai based firm.  P & O was already operating several ports in the US.  The Dubai company would succeed to P & O's contract.
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Well, we're not handing the ports over to Dubai. What's happening is that the British company that manages the ports is being purchased by a company based in Dubai. So it's very likely that in terms of people "on the ground", i.e. the ones in the port itself, there would be very little change. Basically all that will change is the profits from the port are going to another set of CEOs.\n\nFurthermore, there would be no change in the safety procedures at the port. The procedures are federally mandated, and enforced by the US Coast Guard, so it's not as if the new company could change them, even if they wanted to. \n\nSpeaking of which, it's not clear why people are automatically assuming that this company is somehow connected to terrorism itself. The only reason given is that the company is based in Dubai. What this reason really means is that people are afraid of having an Arab company run the ports, since "Arabs are terrorists" or some similar racist dreck.\n\nBut the company that in question, Dubai Ports World, has never had a security problem before. In an article on CNN.com (see below), an expert on maritime security named Kim Peterson called DPW's security record "exemplary".\n\nSo the sale shouldn't be a problem, although the Bush Administration is arguably making a mistake in this situation. \n\nTheir mistake is not the sale of ports, or more accurately the sale of the port management company, but rather that instead of explaining to people why they're doing what they're doing, the Administration is simply saying that we should trust them and not offering any reason to do so. That arrogance has, for obvious reasons, raised hackles on both sides of the aisle.\n\nIn sum: the sale won't effect security at all, and the only problem is politics.