There is truth in what you say, but here the exact same thing happened in Australia.
KKR, an American private equity firm danced around the idea of buying our second largest grocery chain (Coles) for NINE months before finally pulling out of the deal. It happens all the time.
I would think that perhaps British sentiment (you've quoted from the Financial Times) is of course going to side with the British company. I'm sure a lot of countries resent foreign takeovers of national institutions like Sainsburys or the DP World attempt to buy ports in the US. It's only natural that they will feel threatened.
But when Qatar comes knocking next time and the board of the company sees the chequebook, they will still do their best to make things work!
There is truth in what you say, but here the exact same thing happened in Australia.
KKR, an American private equity firm danced around the idea of buying our second largest grocery chain (Coles) for NINE months before finally pulling out of the deal. It happens all the time.
I would think that perhaps British sentiment (you've quoted from the Financial Times) is of course going to side with the British company. I'm sure a lot of countries resent foreign takeovers of national institutions like Sainsburys or the DP World attempt to buy ports in the US. It's only natural that they will feel threatened.
But when Qatar comes knocking next time and the board of the company sees the chequebook, they will still do their best to make things work!