US, Antigua Seek Solution to Internet Gambling Case

29 Jun 2004

WASHINGTON -- As reported by Reuters: ``The United States and Antigua have suspended litigation over Internet gambling and want to resolve the World Trade Organization dispute through negotiations, an American official said on Tuesday.

"'We look forward to working with Antigua to discuss the issues surrounding the dispute and hopefully to resolving it,' said Richard Mills, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office.

"Tiny Antigua and Barbuda successfully challenged the U.S. ban on Internet gambling, U.S. trade officials said in April. At the time, the officials said the Bush administration planned to appeal the WTO confidential ruling.

"...The WTO panel found that the United States' ban on Internet, telephone and other remote gambling services violated U.S. trade commitments, according to sources last spring..."

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	US, Antigua Seek Solution to Internet Gambling Case 29 Jun 2004 <a href='https://ad.casinocity.com/adclick.php?n=a21efcd1'><img src='https://ad.casinocity.com/adview.php?what=-site:vendors/width:250/RON&n=a21efcd1' border='0' alt='' /></a> WASHINGTON -- As reported by Reuters: ``The United States and Antigua have suspended litigation over Internet gambling and want to resolve the World Trade Organization dispute through negotiations, an American official said on Tuesday. "'We look forward to working with Antigua to discuss the issues surrounding the dispute and hopefully to resolving it,' said Richard Mills, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office. "Tiny Antigua and Barbuda successfully challenged the U.S. ban on Internet gambling, U.S. trade officials said in April. At the time, the officials said the Bush administration planned to appeal the WTO confidential ruling. "...The WTO panel found that the United States' ban on Internet, telephone and other remote gambling services violated U.S. trade commitments, according to sources last spring..."

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