Antigua isn’t satisfied with a preliminary U.S. proposal on resol...
Antigua isn’t satisfied with a preliminary U.S. proposal on resolving a dispute over Internet gambling, we're told. The U.S. Friday presented an outline of a U.S. Trade Representative offer to settle the World Trade Organization dispute and related withdrawal…
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of the General Agreement on Trade in Services concession. The “financial-type” offer is much below the $21 million in annual trade sanctions authorized by the WTO in the original case, the source said. The dispute may not be over even if a settlement is reached, said Michael Waxman of the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. The European Trade Barrier Regulation filing is unresolved, he said. European operators say they face bias under international law, he said. Many members of Congress are asking “why we've gone down this path, and whether the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is worth the headache,” he said.