[StevieG]

This is big news, and a whole lot different than Antigua alone pushing it via the WTO.

The fact is, I'm a bit surprised nothing happened earlier (maybe it did at less public diplomatic channels). Britain was especially hurt.

The Economist wrote a leader describing the ban as protectionist last year, and the British tabloid press was more venomous, openly asking "these are supposed to be our allies?" after the ban erased hundreds of millions of pounds value from publically traded companies.