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Online Casinos and the WTO

The World Trade Organization really has its work cut out for it right now as the global economy is tanking and various countries are undertaking new and often questionable legislation as a fix for their own economies. The latest debacle to hit the WTO has been an ongoing issue that is really beginning to resurface as the online casino gambling issues heats up. The WTO has ruled that the US government’s internet gambling policy is illegal and that the government needs to immediately begin rectifying the legislation that is in explicit contravention of WTO treaties and policies. The US though has adamantly and point-blank refused to acknowledge that the WTO has a valid point where the online casinos are concerned and has ignored the requests for new US policy. Now though the US government is showing its hypocritical side with the outspoken opposition to China’s online gambling policy.

The Chinese government is guilty of extreme censorship in the nation, particularly where online casino gambling is concerned. The government has a zero tolerance policy, blocks internet casinos at the ISP level, and has employed a lot of police manpower to track down illegal online gambling rings and arrest those involved. New policies in the country are aimed at filtering internet content right on personal computers before they are even sold to the consumers. The WTO has a problem with this legislation and as it violates the rights of the citizens according to WTO policies.

What’s really interesting about the situation is that the United States government has expressed concern that China is not in accordance with WTO policy – despite the Chinese government’s position on online casino gambling, there is no call to censor internet content to that extent. And as much as the US raises its voice, it looks like a hypocrite because the WTO ruling on the US still stands without any acknowledgement or action from even the new Obama Administration.