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Threats Liken to US Situation

The recent situation in Europe that is developing regarding the commitments that countries make to each other as they enter the European Union resembles the issues that the US created with the World Trade Organization. Like the EU, the WTO operates under the principle that all countries that agree to operate under the umbrella agreements of these organizations and units will fully operate within the terms and policies and accept rulings that come down from the councils and courts that make up both the EU and the WTO. The online casinos though are a major sticky point for countries all over the world and have created incredibly delicate situations for both the WTO and the EU as they attempt to keep nations in line with agreed policies while also maintaining power.

The US situation surfaced over three years ago when the UIGEA passed into effect and foreign online casinos were banned from the US market. Antigua led the action within the World Trade Organization to force the US to honor trade commitments that included the US online casino gambling industry. The WTO lost a notch of authority though in the past couple of years because it has not successfully forced the US to honor these trade commitments nor properly compensate the countries affected. But that failure has been quietly dropped for fear that the WTO’s inability to force the US into compliance would crumble the entire authority of the WTO.

Similarly, for several years now the European Commission has been attempting to force EU member-states into compliance with EU policies that dictate that all member-states must maintain and open and free trading of goods and services – and the Commission says this includes the online casinos. Non-compliance from nearly a dozen countries is beginning to crumble the confidence that the EU Courts have the power to fully control member-states with the EU.