The World Trade Organization (WTO) is now considering its next move following two days of talks with the US, Antigua and Barbuda regarding online gambling, it has been revealed.

November saw the trade organization rule that the laws of international trade were being breached by the new Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), but the US has maintained that it is within its rights to make such a law.

The two Caribbean nations, whose online gaming businesses rely heavily on US players, expressed their concern that the US has thus far ignored last month’s initial ruling by the WTO.

With other countries and bodies such as China and members of the EU supporting the Antiguan stance, the weight of global opinion appears to be against America’s own.

“We believe that a crucial factor in their respective decisions to [support our claims] was the pure merits of our case,” said Antigua finance minister Dr Errol Cort.

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is now considering its next move following two days of talks with the US, Antigua and Barbuda regarding online gambling, it has been revealed.

November saw the trade organization rule that the laws of international trade were being breached by the new Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), but the US has maintained that it is within its rights to make such a law.

The two Caribbean nations, whose online gaming businesses rely heavily on US players, expressed their concern that the US has thus far ignored last month’s initial ruling by the WTO.

With other countries and bodies such as China and members of the EU supporting the Antiguan stance, the weight of global opinion appears to be against America’s own.

“We believe that a crucial factor in their respective decisions to [support our claims] was the pure merits of our case,” said Antigua finance minister Dr Errol Cort.

This entry was posted on Monday, December 4th, 2006 at 10:34 am and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.