U.S. to appeal WTO Internet ruling.

ANTIGUA & Barbuda; UNITED States

This article reports that the U.S. government has dismissed as deeply flawed the decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the U.S. had no right to ban cross-border gambling on the Internet. The complaint against the U.S. was brought by the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda (A&B). The WTO ruling favors A&B in the case of a 43- year old law banning gambling payments across state lines. A&B argued that the law violated the 1995 WTO agreement meant to open up parts of other countries' service sectors.