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: Lenz BlogGambling Probe
By Karl-Friedrich Lenz
The EU Commission has taken up the complaint of a trade association that discriminatory enforcement of American laws against Internet gambling is in violation of WTO obligations. The Commission has started a probe of the question, which may lead to opening a formal WTO dispute resolution procedure.
As Simon Lester at the International Economic Law and Policy Blog explains, this is about past law enforcement and therefore would not be affected by the December 2007 settlement regarding the U.S. withdrawal of obligations, which will only concern future cases.
EU press release and EU fact sheet on the case.
Full post as published by Lenz Blog on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).
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