Antigua eyes big win against U.S. in gambling case
11 Dec 2007
"'We feel pretty confident about our case, to be honest. We really feel like we have the upper hand here,' Mark Mendel, a private attorney representing Antigua, told Reuters ahead of an expected ruling by a WTO arbitration panel on Friday.
"In an April 2005 ruling, the WTO found a U.S. law allowing only domestic companies to provide online horse-race gambling services discriminated against foreign companies.
"...Antigua ...has asked permission to impose $3.44 billion a year worth of 'cross-retaliation' on the United States..."