U.S. Internet Gambling Enforcement Policy Under Scrutiny This Week By EU

The American government has grown comfortable in their theory that they can do whatever they want in the world. The European Union is taking the first step this week to knocking the United States back into reality.

A team of European Union investigators will be visiting the United States Congress and members of the executive branch. They are coming for one purpose, to find out information as to why the United States has continually prosecuted companies protected under the WTO.

The U.S. has had several violations of the WTO and has done nothing to try and rectify the situation. The EU is trying to figure out the best way to protect their interests in this issue.

"This is a hugely significant piece of the fact-finding mission whose existence reflects a major point of tension between the U.S. and Europe over the integrity of international trade commitments," said Dr. Joseph Weiler, a professor at NYU School of Law.

The delegation coming this week is not coming in search of new information. They are seeking to gain knowledge into what they already know, that the U.S. has beached its commitments to the WTO.

"What can't be accepted is that companies and individuals, who respected Congress in 2006 and ceased taking U.S. business, should still be under threat of criminal enforcement action today for conducting trade that they were entitled to do under the terms of the WTO agreements, that simply cannot be right," said Clive Hawkswood, Chief Executive of the Remote Gambling Association.

September 15, 2008
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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