Comment / M&A radar: CIMC loses Maersk's MCI – China's next container play now?

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My editor said I ought to claim bragging rights… so here’s a big metaphorical self-slap on the back from me to me for suggesting that the political tides in Washington DC would likely prove a difficult hoop for CIMC’s takeover of Mærsk’s MCI to jump through.

But it needs to be followed with a metaphorical slap on the wrist, because I called it for the wrong reason, with the assumption that given that a) competition regulators have been sharpening their teeth ...