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Antigua
Looking
to
Be
Big
Winner
Against
the
US
December
18,
2007
Some
thought
this
day
could
never
come,
with
a
giant
like
the
United
States
falling
to a
tiny
country
such
as
Antigua
and
Barbuda
–
but
it
seems
that
it
has.
Antigua
is
expecting
a
big
win
against
the
US
as
they
have
violated
trade
agreements
with
their
ban
on
online
gambling.
The
country
of
Antigua
gets
the
majority
of
their
revenue
from
online
gambling,
so
when
the
US
chose
to
make
it
illegal
they
lost
millions
in
revenue
from
US
players
who
could
no
longer
participate.
They
wanted
the
US
to
remove
the
ban
on
online
gambling
and
they
refused.
So
they
took
their
case
to
the
World
Trade
Organization
who
agreed
that
the
US
was
violating
trade
agreements.
They
ordered
the
US
to
allow
online
gambling,
or
to
remove
it
completely
from
the
country.
We
responded
with
the
idea
that
we
were
simply
removing
online
gambling
from
our
trade
agreements
– a
move
that
is
as
lame
as
it
sounds.
The
WTO
and
other
countries
around
the
world
cried
foul,
and
now
Antigua
is
looking
to
benefit.
The
US
said
that
Antigua
was
only
entitled
to a
half
of a
million
dollars
for
their
troubles,
a
figure
that
doesn’t
even
come
close
to
the
amount
of
money
the
country
has
lost
by
the
online
gambling
ban.
They
responded
by
telling
the
US
that
they
would
be
imposing
$3.44
million
worth
of
“cross-retaliation”
on
the
US
and
asked
the
WTO
for
their
permission.
They
will
be
suspending
copyright
protections
on
American
goods
such
as
movies,
music
and
software
to
make
up
for
the
money
lost.
The
country
feels
fairly
certain
that
they
have
made
a
good
case
and
that
they
will
come
out
the
big
winners
in
the
end.
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