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Legal: Japan & India Join WTO Claims Against USA- is US Poker Bluffing?

June 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“Japan and India have joined the EU and Antigua in filing a compensation request with the World Trade Organization (WTO) resulting from Washington’s attempt to change the details of its obligations under the 1994 General Agreement on Trade in Services to remove online gambling and online poker.

The European Union first notified the WTO on Tuesday regarding their claim, followed by the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday, with Antigua seeking compensation of $3.44 billion against the United States…”

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