Antigua's WTO Case Getting Some Coverage

[JPFisher55]

D$D, I agree with you. I put the odds of the WTO granting Antiqua its requested IP sanction at only 50%. The other 50% is that the WTO grants some low monetary relief and no meaningful sanctions. In the latter event, I expect Antiqua and most small-medium size members to leave the WTO. In addition, China will ignore anything that the WTO does in any trade dispute between it and US, but it might anyway.
In short, the WTO is in trouble. If it grants Antiqua its requested sanction, then it risks losing the US. If it doesn't then it becomes meaningless to most of its members.
Of course, the iMEGA and BetOnSports case might lead to a favorable outcome, but the appeals in those cases will take quite a while.
I fear that this is the worst time for the disintregation of the WTO. But the morons in the Bush Administration don't seem to get it. We can thank the Bush administration for causing this dilemna. George W. Bush is the reason that I am a former Republican.