United States Compensate EU | IXGAMES
The United States said Monday it would widen access to some of its services to compensate the European Union, Japan and Canada to settle a WTO dispute over the US ban on online gambling. The agreement involves commitments to maintain our liberalized markets for warehousing services, technical testing services, research and development services and postal services relating to outbound international letters. The statement made no specific reference to Antigua and Barbuda, the small Caribbean state that is home to many online betting operations and which challenged the US ban at the Geneva-based WTO. 
The EU said it would *continue to press for non-discriminatory treatment in US Internet gambling legislation*. EU trade spokesman Peter Power said: *While the US is free to decide how to best respond to legitimate public policy concerns relating to Internet gambling, discrimination against EU or other foreign companies should be avoided*.