ST.JOHN'S Antigua, April 16th, 2012 -- Prime Minister the Hon. W Baldwin Spencer, yesterday met with the Hon. Ron Kirk, US Trade Representative to discuss Antigua and Barbuda’s Internet Gaming case against the United States.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Spencer expressed disappointment that although the case was first adjudicated in 2003, Antigua and Barbuda and the United States have yet to find a mutually agreeable solution to settle the case.
The Prime Minister noted that Antigua and Barbuda had put forth several options to settle the case but that “there has been no fairness in the proposals received from the United States to date.” “Antigua and Barbuda’s Internet gaming sector has been decimated by the actions of the United States and we believe that we must be fairly compensated for those losses,” the Prime Minister said.
In an effort to bring a fresh perspective to the case, the Prime Minister encouraged the United States Representative to accept Antigua and Barbuda’s recent proposal to take advantage of a “good offices” mediation effort by the WTO Director General.
For his part, Hon. Ron Kirk acknowledged that a solution to the case had been elusive but assured the Prime Minister that “the United States remained committed to working with Antigua and Barbuda in finding a solution to the case.”
He expressed the willingness of his office to review the latest proposal from Antigua and Barbuda and to hold further discussions with Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador in Washington, D.C. over the next few days so that a strategy for further action could be discussed.
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