Tag: World Trade Organisation WTO
Antiguan WTO Attorney Disavows Music Download Service
07-18-2009
The rapidly evolving saga of ZookZ, a new online music/movie download service listing itself as based in Antigua and Barbuda, developed an unexpected
Antiguan Firm ZookZ to Take Advantage of WTO Online Gambling Ruling
07-18-2009
If United States officials thought that no one in the tiny island nation of Antigua and Barbuda would take advantage of the World Trade Organization’s...
United States, European Union to Resume Negotiations over Online Gambling
07-15-2009
Incoming US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton met last week in Washington D.C., later...
European Commission Concludes US in Violation of Trade Agreements
06-14-2009
On June 10th, the European Commission released a report finding that U.S. online gaming laws and their enforcement...
EU Commission Concludes US Anti-Gambling Laws Violate WTO Rules
03-27-2009
Following a 12-month investigation, the European Commission has found that the United States' attempts to block European online gambling sites from accepting American customers violate World Trade Organization rules...
Politics and Poker: States' Revenue Needs May Gut UIGEA
03-08-2009
To online poker enthusiasts: Help is coming. States are desperate for revenue. Last month's 651,000 jobs lost means 8.1% unemployment (14.6% if you factor in part-time, under-employed or those who are fed up and have stopped...
WTO Complaint, Anti-UIGEA Bill to Appear Within Month
02-21-2009
The year began with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 finally going into effect. But 2009 is already shaping up to be a year full of challenges to that law, which is designed to curb the transfer of funds...
Antigua Attempts Last-Ditch Negotiations in Online Gambling Trade Dispute
01-15-2009
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...
Utah State Rep. Introduces Bill Asserting State's Rights over Gambling Legislation
12-30-2008
Republican Utah state representative Sheryl Allen has introduced a resolution in the Utah state House calling for any legislation related to gambling -- including online gambling -- to be left to the state rather than...
The Year in Poker: July, 2008
12-26-2008
The prospect of a delayed final table for the WSOP Main Event left the poker world in an anticlimactic mood, even as the final bracelets in 2008 WSOP preliminary events were awarded in early July. The immense ME field...
The Year in Poker: January, 2008
12-20-2008
From a big score down under to business deals and international trade battles, January of 2008 was a fair harbinger for what the year would bring. Alexander Kostritsyn captured the year's first million-dollar title by besting Erik...
European Union/US Online Gambling Dispute Likely Headed to WTO
09-19-2008
A report from Reuters on Thursday indicates that the dispute over online gambling between European Union countries and the United States is increasingly likely to result in a formal World Trade Organization complaint, opening the way...
Poker News Bytes, September 3, 2008
09-03-2008
According to published reports, the European Union plans to resume trade talks with the U.S. Trade Representative's office over the US Department of Justice's pursuit of online-gambling firms and officials, the UIGEA and other matters...
US Postpones Trade Meetings with EU Regarding Online Gambling
08-03-2008
The United States abruptly announced a postponement in scheduled trade talks with representatives of the European Union that were to discuss online gambling and the stance of the current US administration, which in the EU's view...
EU Delegation to Question US Officials over Online Gambling Stance
07-22-2008
A delegation of European Union trade officials will conduct talks with US officials at the end of this month over prosecutions and market restrictions concerning online gambling that appear to European interests to be restrictive...
Impasse Remains in Antigua/US Gambling Trade Dispute
07-20-2008
Another round of talks between Antiguan and United States officials concluded this week with the two sides apparently no closer to resolving their World Trade Organization conflict over online gambling. A six-member delegation from...
BETonSports Defense Arguments Dismissed in Federal Case
07-19-2008
Several defense arguments brought forth within motions to dismiss by numerous BETonSports defendants in the federal US case against the online firm's principals were dismissed on Friday in St. Louis by Mary Ann Medler, the US magistrate...
US Trade Delegation Arrives in Antigua to Discuss Online Gambling Differences
07-15-2008
The on-again, off-again talks between the United States and Antigua & Barbuda, regarding their impasse over the offering of online-gambling services to American residents, is undergoing another round of face-to-face discussions...
Antigua: New US Offer Soon in WTO Online Gambling Flap
03-27-2008
Recent news reports from the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda state that its country's officials are expecting a new offer from the United States concerning the continuing disagreement between the two nations over online gambling...
US Congressman DeFazio Calls for Release of WTO GATS Settlement Terms
03-13-2008
U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) has written a letter to other members of Congress urging them to join him in demanding that the US Trade Representative office make public the terms of the agreements it reached with other countries...
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