Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister says he is hopeful that weekend meetings with members of the U.S. Congress would help resolve an ongoing trade battle with the United States over Internet gambling. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer discussed the dispute with New York Democrat Representative Charles Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and three other members of the Congressional Black Caucus Sunday on the sidelines of a regional business conference.

The victorious trade attorney for Antigua and Barbuda in its World Trade Organisation (WTO) case against the United States has announced that he expects a decision on the tiny nation’s compensation claim by the end of the month. Mark Mendel led the legal team that successfully pled the tiny Caribbean nation’s case against the US over its protectionist Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) legislation passed in late last year.

An agreement between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States (US) on compensation for America’s withdrawal from World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade obligations has faced a second delay. According to Mark Mendel, the attorney representing Antigua and Barbuda at the WTO, there has been an agreement to extend the time-frame for resolution of negotiations between the two countries until 14 Dec. The negotiations were originally scheduled to be completed in September, but were first extended to October and now into December.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced that the process of working out fair compensation for nations impacted by the withdrawal of the United States from treaty obligations on gambling will continue this week at a hearing scheduled for today in Geneva. The meeting in Switzerland will feature a WTO panel hearing verbal submissions from both the US and Antigua and Barbuda Governments, both of which will get the chance to pose questions based on the arguments raised by both sides regarding compensation.

Geneva - The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda asked the World Trade Organization on Tuesday for the right to authorize [[USD]] 3.4 billion in commercial sanctions against the United States for its failure to comply with a WTO ruling against its Web gambling restrictions.

At last year's online gambling convention, there was a three-storey bar staffed by augmented blondes in miniskirts and orbited by casino execs toasting their future riches. In its place this year is a booth with pamphlets on gambling addiction. The annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo in Montreal is a whisper of its past incarnations, thanks to recent u.s. regulations banning gaming.

Geneva: The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda slammed the United States over its illegal restrictions on Internet gambling sites based overseas and asked other countries to join in seeking compensation from Washington for its failure to comply with global trade rules. Antigua, the smallest country to successfully litigate a case in the World Trade Organization's 12-year-history.

Die Inselstaaten Antigua and Barbuda hatten im März letzten Jahres den Fall vor die Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) gebracht. Es ging um die Frage, ob das Verbot von Online-Casinos in den USA gegen Internationales Handelsrecht verstößt. Im März 2004 hatte die WTO diese Frage mit einem "Ja" beantwortet.
Seit November 2004 lag der Panel-Bericht der WTO vor

Über die erhebliche Bedeutung, die das Gambelli-Urteil für die Liberalisierung des Glückspielmarktes in der Europäischen Union hat, haben wir bereits mehrfach berichtet. Eine bahnbrechende Entscheidung ist nunmehr auch in einem Streitverfahren der Welthandelsorganisation WTO ergangen. In diesem, von dem Karibikstaat Antigua gegen die USA geführten Verfahren wurde festgestellt, dass das restriktive Verhalten der USA gegenüber dem grenzüberschreitenden Angebot von Glückspielen und Wetten gegen WTO-Recht verstößt.

Washington - Die Welthandelsorganisation WTO hat entschieden, dass das Verbot von Online-Casinos in den USA internationalem Handelsrecht widerspricht. Die WTO hat in dem im Juni 2003 eingebrachten Fall der Karibikinsel Antigua und Barbuda recht gegeben. Damit habe die Welthandelsorganisation erstmals eine Entscheidung mit Internetbezug gefällt, berichtet die New York Times (NYT) heute, Freitag.