Good article on the subject:
http://www.point-spreads.com/content/view/1604/2/
Not only has the United States failed to comply with the WTO, President George W. Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in October 2006. UIGEA makes it illegal for financial institutions to knowingly allow transactions to online gambling companies. The framework of UIGEA was tacked on to unrelated Port Security Legislation by a Republican congress led by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and his good ole buddy Arizona Senator Jon Kyl. Knowing that legislation to prevent online gambling would fail on its own, the pair used a “bait and switch” style tactic to add UIGEA to a bill designed to protect our National Security at the ninth hour of the last session of congress.
Jon Kyl had been unsuccessful in trying to get a version of UIGEA approved by the Senate for years, however he was never able to rally enough support. Thanks Jack! Kyl’s lack of support might have been because his version of the law was riddled with inconsistencies by allowing some forms of online gambling. Any version of anti-gambling laws basically deprive Americans of their freedoms.
The current US Administration is full of double standards, so with that being said:
Why should China listen to the WTO if Washington won’t listen?
Read more at the above URL.