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US Invests $553 Million in Adani’s Sri Lanka Port to Curb China’s Influence

  • Investment is DFC’s largest infrastructure financing in Asia
  • Adani’s Colombo port deal has been criticized as opaque
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The US will provide $553 million in financing for a port terminal in Sri Lanka’s capital being developed by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, as New Delhi and Washington look to curtail China’s influence in South Asia.