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...relative merits of economic freedom and economic security. It could be an ugly, simplistic and demagogic debate, as we have seen in the Dubai Ports controversy. Or it could be a much needed discussion about how the U.S. should respond to the impact of globalization on domestic economic stability, homeland security and foreign policy. Fat chance of the latter, you say, and you're probably right-but there are real issues beneath the bluster. And the nation's continued strength and prosperity are very much at stake...
...final but telling note: this week the Administration has put, even by its own standards, considerable resources into trying to salvage the ports deal in the House. Six or seven different p.r. operations are working the problem from around the government, with teams from Treasury, State, the White House, Homeland Security, the National Economic Council and a number of outside lobbying groups (who know a really big feed when they see one), all bombarding the Hill with phone calls and data, and all to very little apparent effect. "It's all hands on deck," said an outside lobbyist...
...their enthusiasm is met with scorn, suspicion and envy. I wonder whether Nigerians feel betrayed or fear the Western work ethic. Like the Indians, we are success stories in our adopted homes but not in the land of our birth. They say a prophet is never honored in his homeland, but they also say charity must begin at home. Briggy Chukwumah Berkshire, England...
...Only about 5% of the some 6 million cargo containers that come into U.S. terminals each year are actually inspected. Instead of checking every box, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has what its officials call a "multi-layered" security system to target suspicious containers that might have been tampered with by terrorists. The targeting starts at the foreign ports where U.S.-bound goods are loaded onto ships, and it depends on information provided by the shippers...
Listening to the sound bites emanating from our nation’s capital last week, one might have thought President Bush was trying to install Saddam Hussein as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Instead, the source of the hullabaloo was the response to the Dubai Ports World’s purchase of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, a British shipping company that operates ports in New York, Baltimore, Newark, and Miami.At first glance, this might seem to be a normal reality of globalization. The caveat that roused all our public servants from their midwinter slumber is that...