Die Antigua Sun berichtete am Mittwoch, daß der Finanzminister von Antigua & Barbuda, Dr. Errol Cort, in die USA gereist wäre, um ein letztes Mal mit der Bush Regierung über den jahrelangen Streit der beiden Länder im Bezug auf Internet-Glücksspiel, zu verhandeln. Cort zeigte sich optimistisch, daß die Verhandlungen mit den United States Trade Relations (USTR) Verantwortlichen diesmal zu einem Ergebnis führen (obwohl schon diverse Treffen ohne Ergebnis beendet wurden)

The Antigua Sun reported on Wednesday that Antigua & Barbuda's Minister of Finance, Dr. Errol Cort, has returned to the United States for a final round of trade negotiations with Bush administration officials regarding the years-long standoff between the countries over Internet gambling. Cort expessed optimism that his negotiations with United States Trade Relations (USTR) representatives could produce some form of agreement, despite previous meetings that led to no resolution.

Antigua Finance Minister Errol Cort revealed that Antigua and Barbuda has not reached any closer to a settlement with the US on the gaming dispute. “We had a series of discussions in an effort to advance the settlement talks; but, today we have not been able to agree on or finalize those discussions,” he said in a press conference this week. When contacted, Mark Mendel, Antigua’s attorney at the World Trade Organization (WTO)...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was informed yesterday that Antigua and Barbuda and the United States had agreed to another deferral of arbitration proceedings, as the two countries seek to finalise a bilateral agreement that would bring years of conflict over the Internet gambling industry to an end. Minister of Finance and the Economy Dr. Errol Cort yesterday told the Antigua Sun that the parties have agreed to a further extension of their talks to 11 July.

Departing on a flight to Washington for further talks on the WTO struggle with the US Trade Representative last, Antigua’s Finance Minister Errol Cort digressed sufficiently to tell reporters that he was surprised and disappointed by the UK government decision not to grant advertising whitelist status to his country. Last week the British government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport declined to give Antigua and Kahnawake whitelist status...