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Antigua
Rejects
Latest
Offer
April
15,
2008
With
the
World
Trade
Organization
ruling
in
the
favor
of
the
tiny
island
of
Antigua,
it
would
serve
the
US
well
to
come
up
with
a
pretty
decent
offer
to
settle
the
issue.
Instead
they
haven’t
–
much
to
the
dismay
of
both
Antigua
and
many
US
residents.
The
US
will
not
allow
online
gambling,
which
has
left
Antigua
without
much
of
their
income
as
that
is
how
they
make
their
money.
The
WTO
sided
with
the
tiny
nation
as
the
US
was
unwilling
to
honor
trade
pacts
when
it
came
to
online
gambling.
Antigua
and
Barbuda
had
agreed
to
hold
off
on
arbitration
proceedings
at
the
WTO
until
the
end
of
March
– so
that
the
proposal
could
be
considered
and
a
counterproposal
could
be
made.
The
US,
in
all
of
its
arrogance,
missed
the
deadline
and
then
sent
a
proposal
that
is
not
acceptable.
The
offer
was
discussed
by
the
Antigua
Cabinet
but
was
not
well
received.
They
are
expected
to
make
a
statement
saying
that
the
offer
has
“not
been
met
favorably.”
The
nation
says
that
they
had
sent
them
a
proposal
last
January,
and
expected
back
a
decent
counteroffer
by
the
deadline,
and
neither
of
those
two
things
happened.
They
say
that
they
are
looking
to
“agree
on
the
press
statement”
that
both
countries
can
follow
the
decisions
on
both
sides.
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