Antigua may work with UK firms to challenge law (article)

[Jack Bando]

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With the US seeking WTO judgements against China and Russia , it stands to reason that we may have to accept a small bitter pill to win a larger war.

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[Bilgefisher]

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With the US seeking WTO judgements against China, it stands to reason that we may have to accept a small bitter pill to win a larger war.

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Can you give some details or a link please. I ask, because you make a good point. (With all the crap in here lately, I gotta see to believe though)

[AzDesertRat]

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With the US seeking WTO judgements against China and Russia , it stands to reason that we may have to accept a small bitter pill to win a larger war.

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It can be done pretty quietly too by rewriting the regulations and maybe even do what Italy did and try to get a cut from the companies. After all, money is involved here and could be enough to get past the 'morality' of it (I don't know how state lotteries and horse racing are any more or less moral though.) [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[cking]

because betting on a horse that gets beating by a midget is alot funnier then phil helmuth ranting at an internet satellite winner for playing a dumb hand. To me they are the same thing, but to someone like dubyah...

[whangarei]

"A WTO panel will decide in November whether the US is now complying with its rules."

We may not have to wait long for some good news on this front.

[StellarWind]

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Do you guys seriously think that the bozo in the White House and his fascist minions give a damn about the WTO? Hell, they don't care what the UN or anybody else in the world thinks about us.

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Billions of dollars in tariffs on U.S. exports to Europe might get their attention. That's the potential penalty if the Europeans file a case and we lose.

Unhappy poker players don't matter in Washington. Thousands of lost jobs however make a much bigger impression and just in time for the 2008 elections [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img].

Actually the Antiguan case has undoubtedly cost us far more than our foolish politicians realize. The psychological power of the WTO to lower barriers to U.S. exports is of enormous importance. By humiliating the WTO as we have, we've undermined their prestige and made it easier for other countries to create and maintain their own trade barriers.

[Silent1]

From everything I've read so far, including comments from an attorney working for the Antiguan Govt., it seems that this was done to help the B&Ms in Vegas. Stage 1 is to topple the outside sites. The next stage is to develop a homegrown online establishment.

The attorney made it clear that when they were lobbying in DC they deliberarely did not talk to the NV senators. The fact that says it means a lot.

Something smells rotten in Denmark and twice as bad in Vegas, and its not (yet) Frist's carcass. I don't trust the AGA's motives in all this.

I realize that poker players may not care where they get to play poker as long as they can play .... but come on guys .... this is a truly disgusting Govt. if this game plan is true. I am increasingly inclined to believe it is.

[ericicecream]

Anybody know when the U.S./Antigua WTO hearing is? They mention November.

[Viscant]

While I'm sure this isn't the only WTO judgement the US is seeking against China, it's the first one that came up on an internet search:
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/displa...38bpuh0.9393274

The US (especially the entertainment industry) has also long complained that China's treatment of intellectual property/copyrighted materials is not in compliance.

Anyways, as I said, it stands to reason that if we want help from the WTO on these issues (and apparently we still do), we should have to accept some things that are unfavorable to us. As said in the thread, November could be very interesting, especially if the UK gets involved.

We shall see how this plays out.

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Why isnt this thread larger? this could be the redemption we have been hoping for, and noone is seeing it?