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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsMore on the WTO Gambling Dispute
By Ed Brayton
Sallie James, Cato's expert on world trade, has a couple of posts that provide more information about the WTO trade dispute and settlement. In this post, she points out something I did not know - that the settlement we signed has to be ratified by the whole WTO. And in this post, she says that the trouble with the EU is not over yet. They're now investigating and may file a complaint about the DOJ arresting several executives from European online gambling companies. I can't believe they're just now doing that. Those arrests were absolutely outrageous.
Read the comments on this post...Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 13, 2008 (boomark / email).
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