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Originally Posted by gideongallery
this is almost funny
basically becaue the US is thumbing their nose at the WTO (regarding gambling), the WTO is giving antigua the right to ignore the Berne convention |
Damn... it is funny gideongallery
And... have to say it is, ironically, totally justified and stemming from an action which started around 10 years ago and where the US has still failed to perform.
It's even more absurd that the admin are now trying to sqeeze out of the issue by changing the goalposts and now proposing to rewrite gaming laws and not have them included in trade agreements with the WTO. Basically it's a scenario where a country will not keep follow the spirit of a treaty it signed and wants to behave like a spoilt brat - basically, no cred.
If you take that behavior a step further - why would an offending country seek WTO intervention in it's trading relationships with other countries? Example - China.
Someone needs to get the clue that "cherry picking" parts of treaties you like and ignoring others was never part of the deal