United States must change online gambling law
U.S. must change the Internet gambling law that discriminates against European companies by preventing them from offering services in the U.S. market, the European Union’s top trade official said on Thursday. *What we need to see is a change in U.S. legislation that removes that discrimination against EU operators,* EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told reporters before heading to Capitol Hill to discuss the issue with U.S. lawmakers. *It’s not in the interest of American consumers to have good responsible competitors in this market excluded by regulatory mechanisms.* Mandelson said he would talk on Thursday with Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, about his bill to roll back the online gambling ban. 
I think he takes a fair-minded, a common sense, approach to this and we look forward to that being effective legislation,” Mandelson said. *We’re not telling the United States how to regulate the online gambling industry. That’s not for us to do. All we’re saying is, however you choose to regulate, don’t discriminate against non-American operators.*
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