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I don’t think Bush has a record of giving a flying rat’s axx about what the world court or the UN or anyone who isn’t the US religious extreme right has to say about anything.
I just read a really good article about this very thing
>>I don’t think Bush has a record of giving a flying rat’s axx about what the world court or the UN or anyone who isn’t the US religious extreme right has to say about anything.<<< I am not so sure Read this part from Article US could come in big truble if they dont follow WTO Early next year, when the Dispute Resolution Body finally finishes with each side’s arguments, Antigua will undoubtedly win its claim that the US is still noncompliant with the prior WTO rulings in the case, but the question of how to compensate Antigua for its economic losses remains. What kind of leverage does a small country like Antigua and Barbuda have against the last superpower? Under one provision of the WTO, a party is allowed to suspend its obligations (“concessions,” in WTO-speak) to another signatory if sanctions alone prove insufficient, and Antiguan authorities are already talking of following the example of Ecuador, which threatened to start selling black-market copies of EU merchandise, if the EU refused to comply with the original panel ruling on banana tariffs. Indeed, the EU and Japan have filed briefs supporting the Antiguan position. That darling of the American political class, enormous American based intellectual property rights holders, such as Microsoft or Universal Studios, will be sore if the United States cannot come to some kind of resolution in its dispute with little Antigua and Barbuda. Furthermore, the fact that the primary proponent of the GATS round of trade talks would prove so stubborn when faced with an adversary ruling would seem to indicate that a rough road lies ahead for a more general worldwide liberalization of trade in services.
This discussion feels very deja vu …
I’d love to see Antigua hit the US by flouting intellectual property licenses – and selling of the rights to China and India for a year or two.
That would sure get the US back to the bargaining table …
:stirpot:That is indeed a good weapon.
The only countries that still care about WTO are those that want to enter it. Best example: Russia. 😮
EU, China or America don’t give a sh. about it. :Pisser:
Nice find! Very well written article by someone who actually knows what he is talking about. This is what this industry definitely lacks…
Siouxzee wrote:I just read a really good article about this very thing
