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Old 06-19-2006, 12:53 PM
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Default Re: WTO Dispute: Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gamblin

There are in fact a couple threads from past months discussing this issue in detail, including one with a post by the lawyer handling the issue for Antigua.

The bottom line is that the US is lying by saying it is complying with the ruling, when it has not so complied, particularly with interstate parimutual horse racing and phone based horse bets. Also even if it is ruled in non-compliance and decides to just say FU to the WTO and Antigua, all Antigua can do is be allowed retaliatory trade sanctions, which have no teeth given their size. The bigger issue for the future is if the US tries to cutout middlemen like Neteller that faciliate transactions, because they are based in the UK and on their stock exchange, and the UK would be a much more effective opponent in the WTO.
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