WTO Again Rules in Antigua's FavorU.S. Has Done Nothing to Comply with Ruling |
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According to reports, the World Trade Organization has told the United States is hasn't done enough to comply with a 2003 ruling concerning rules to restrict online gambling that was brought against it by Antigua.
The full report won't be out until March, but according to Reuters, the WTO again ruled in favor of Antigua, which claims the United States is violating WTO agreements by working to prohibit its citizens from being able to gamble online.
Antigua claims that U.S. laws favor domestic companies over foreign companies, which is a violation of the WTO agreement. Antigua is the smallest member of the WTO.
Antigua's original complaint was filed back in 2003, long before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which further restricted its citizens from making wagers on the Internet by targeting banks that service online sites. The UIGE Act was signed into law in October of 2006.
The WTO sides with Antigua in the original case and rejected the U.S.'s appeal in 2005, but the federal government has done nothing at all to comply with the ruling.
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