Antigua WTO Press Release-US action contrary to purpose of GATS

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Just for the sake of argument, suppose that everyone in the WTO lines up behind Antigua and makes this an issue that they will take as far as they can. Then what happens? Does the US not buy all of their exports?

I don't see much leverage from the WTO as it is typically the domestic industry that is the aggrieved against an exporting country. In the gambling case, there are no domestic competitors. Do I understand this or am I missing something crucial?

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Yes, we import more than we export, but there is a reason for that. Other countries may get our money when they export stuff to us, but we get cheap stuff in return. We like cheap stuff. The price of gas already threatens to kick our economy in the behind. It would be hard for us to just stop importing from countries and either start doing without or paying more for the same stuff elsewhere.People simply are not going to tolerate much more just to appease Kyl and his merry band of religious zealots. At least I hope not