Re: Antigua Up Ante - 7 BILLION
You must type faster than I do.
The ante is going up. Im not sure how they could receive $7bn
in trade concessions for a country that small, but its a good starting point. I wish countries would ask higher, given that the US sports betting market alone is over $300bn, I think the EU should at least ask for $100bn(hint, hint EU negotiators). The witdrawl aspect is not just for "remote" gaming, but cross border gaming services. I think every country can argue a striaght line mathematical approach to the expansion of legal gaming in the US and how being excluded in the future to more and more liberalized markets is extensive harm. Imagine a new lottery run by EU firms in the US< how much that could net, because I think they could bring a WTO case on that. Maybe Jay knows why the EU is asking for such a low number? If market share means anything, the EU has a massive market share in worldwide gaming, and their claim should be tenfold Antigua's minimum.
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