I read this last Thurs (11/11/04) and have seen nothing else on it since
(but then again I don't read the WSJ). The last sentence in this blurb is
the one that could affect all of us to some degree or another.
It's a changing world even if you are miles from town...
>>USA To Appeal World Trade Organization's Internet Gambling Decision
Thu Nov 11 2004 10:00:25 ET
The Bush administration dismissed as 'deeply flawed' a World Trade
Organization decision that the US has no right to ban cross-border gambling
on the Internet. The WTO ruling, publicly released yesterday, favored
Antigua and Barbuda in its fight against the US over a 43-year-old law that
bans gambling payments across state lines.
The WALL STREET JOURNAL reported in Thursday editions:
The US immediately said it would appeal the decision, and a senior US trade
official said the administration "fundamentally rejects" an assertion
within the WTO ruling that countries don't have an explicit right to limit
services affecting public morals. US trade officials were "particularly
alarmed over parts of the WTO ruling that asserted that member states had
to consult with other countries before modifying laws that affect public
morals."