Costa Rica settle online gambling dispute | IXGAMES
Costa Rica and the United States have reached a settlement on a trade dispute caused after the U.S. enacted laws designed to target online gambling. As compensation for cutting off Costa Rican access to online gambling customers -Â the U.S. has offered Costa Rica greater access to other service markets -Â including research and development, storage, technical testing and analysis. The settlement took place after Costa Rica filed for arbitration before the World Trade Organization (WTO). Under a WTO agreement on services, any country that blocks access to one of a range of markets must provide compensation to the affected countries. 
Canada -Â Japan and the European Union have reached similar settlements with the U.S.