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US decision to withdraw gambling from WTO commitments is a major threat to international trading

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While the dispute between Antigua and the United States appears to be heading for arbitration, panelists at a Brussels forum held by European think tank, The Centre for the New Europe, criticized the US Government for abandoning its commitments to the WTO over the gambling industry. A decision that threatens the credibility of the WTO itself and that could lead to a chain reaction of similar withdrawals by other WTO members.