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Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), in which DP World has a 33.34% stake. © Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority

Djibouti's lawyers are betting on a particular interpretation of American law in their bid to prevent the port operator DP World from getting the $485.5m in damages it is claiming in US courts. [...]

Published on 22.02.2021 at 05:00 GMT

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