U.S. confirms loss in WTO Internet Gambling Trade Case

[lots0]

Could you point out exactly when and where? I'm on the site, but I can't find a damned thing.

Sorry I didn't post sooner Bryan (trying to pay the bills), looks like they removed everything but the current days schedule, after I posted the link.

I'll ask one of my monkeys to do a little research and see what they can come up with. Some of those government sites are really joke when it comes to finding anything, its almost like they do it on purpose...

[lots0]

Sorry, we have not been able to find any more info about Congress revisiting the port security act after several hours of checking.

However, we have found several articles from Congressmen that called for the Act to be revisited, because of security holes, no mention of the UIGA.

[The Watchdog]

http://www.thecasinolisting.com/blog...est-friend.php

Check this article out.. and let me know what you think...

I find it quite coherent...

[USOS]

Thus we are at a point where other nations either have to stand up to the United States or declare George Bush president of the world and let the United States determine morals and economic policy for every other nation on earth. True, Antigua has a small population and internet gambling may not be of paramount importance to all these other countries, but this is the first time a smaller country has been willing to take the type of stand they have against the United States for what they believe are their rights under the WTO. And the WTO and appellate body have made it clear that the U.S. is in the wrong. This is David vs. Goliath and as was the case in the bible, David is on the side of right here. The United States is arguing that remote gambling is immoral, but they offer remote gambling everywhere in their own country. Since when is protectionism about morality? If the European community, Canada and all nations in the WTO for that matter, truly believe in the principles and purpose of the World Trade Organization then they should come to the defense of Antigua. Doing so will send the message that the WTO is not a one way street in favor of the world superpowers, it will also send a more important message that when you deal in a global economy disputes have to be settled by international courts. And if the decisions don't go a country's way, sometimes they just have to admit that maybe they were wrong.



For the sake of economic fairness, for the sake of their own citizens who were wrongly prosecuted and persecuted by the United States and for the sake of avoiding a precedent setting case declaring the United States as having the sole power to dictate ethics and morality to the rest of the world, the European Union should get off the fence and take the side of Antigua in the WTO case involving internet gambling.



02-06-07
Hartley Henderson
Majorwager.com
henderson@majorwager.com
http://majorwager.com/index.cfm?page=27&show_column=421

[Mousey]

Thus we are at a point where other nations either have to stand up to the United States or declare George Bush president of the world and let the United States determine morals and economic policy for every other nation on earth.

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For the sake of economic fairness, for the sake of their own citizens who were wrongly prosecuted and persecuted by the United States and for the sake of avoiding a precedent setting case declaring the United States as having the sole power to dictate ethics and morality to the rest of the world, the European Union should get off the fence and take the side of Antigua in the WTO case involving internet gambling.

Well said, Hartley!

[zaphod42]

What does this mean? It means that Antigua and the other countries involved will LEGALLY become the largest bootleg market in the world (even bigger than the illegal bootleg market in China) for American software, movies, music, games, books etc. owned by any American company or individual.

Sweet! And I thought getting 192kbps MP3s for 15 cents each at GoMusic.ru was a deal... :-)

As much as it pains me to see the U.S. making a fool of itself, it's nice to see that the other shoe does eventually drop and that bigots ultimately get what they deserve.

[USOS]

Published: Thursday, February 08, 2007 Online-Casinos.com

ANTIGUA'S W.T.O. LAWYER TO SEEK COLLABORATION ON U.S. DISPUTE FROM E.C.

European Commission could "...add support to our case and help encourage us to get the right results," says Mendel

The senior lawyer representing the interests of Antigua and Barbuda in its World Trade Organisation tussle with the United States over online gambling has responded positively to comments last week from EC competition commissioner Charlie McCreevy regarding US “protectionism”.

Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney Mark Mendel told ATE Online that he would be seeking to meet with McCreevy to explore how his country’s trade dispute with the US could benefit from expanded European Commission support following a WTO ruling that went against the United States recently.

Asked what he thought the EC could bring to the Antiguan argument, Mendel said: “What I do think they can do is add support to our case and help encourage us to get the right results. They may be able to provide us with some support at the governmental level that could be beneficial to us.”

[Casinomeister]

Actually, all the news you need is right here at Casinomeister:

http://www.casinomeister.com/news/index.php

It includes this article and many others that are being posted throughout.