GAMBLING DISPUTE WITH A TINY COUNTRY PUTS US IN A BIND
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Gavin Rivlin]
A look at Mark E. Mendel and the case he has been waging against his own
government before the World Trade Organization, the body in Geneva that sets
the ground rules for global trade. It is a clash that at once challenges
Washingtons effort to prohibit online gambling while simultaneously testing
the ability of the W.T.O. to enforce its own standards. The dispute stretches
back to 2003, when Mr. Mendel first persuaded officials in Antigua and Barbuda,
a tiny nation in the Caribbean with a population of around 70,000, to instigate
a trade complaint against the United States, claiming its ban against Americans
gambling over the Internet violated Antigua and Barbudas rights as a member of
the W.T.O. Antigua is best known to Americans for its pristine beaches and
tourist attractions like historic English Harbor. But the dozens of online
casinos based there are vital to the islands economy, serving as its
second-largest employer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/business/worldbusiness/23gamble.html?ref=todayspaper
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* Neteller hurt by US gaming crackdown
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3f11545e-514b-11dc-8779-0000779fd2ac.html
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