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Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States and the Organization of American States for Antigua and Barbuda, said that the U.S. offered to pay money to resolve its World Trade Organization (WTO) issue by offering to give the Caribbean country spare change.
What do you mean by ‘spare change?’
An insulting $2 million dollars. In a report before the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body, Sanders said that the U.S. offered the said amount last year—a sum that represents less than 1% of America’s outstanding obligation of $270 million.
The U.S. proves that it is a bully through and through.
The Antiguan official said that the $2 million would not even cover the legal fees that their country has spent to make U.S. accountable for wrecking their economy. Also, the U.S. has failed to respond to Antigua’s communications since making this pitifully small offer.
With the U.S. still mum, Sanders said that they might take the ‘nuclear option.’
The official said that Antigua has yet to undertake its ‘nuclear option’, i.e. offering royalty-free digital downloads of US intellectual property, despite the WTO having granted Antigua full authority to take this step. Sanders said it would be “very regrettable” if Antigua was forced to take this route, as Antigua would prefer not to inflict harm on individual copyright holders.
Takeaway
It is our hope that Antigua would be finally paid the reparation that it deserves to have. The small Caribbean country needs all the money it can get to rebuild Barbuda which was totally flattened by a recent hurricane.
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| ASIA |
The three-man WIPO panel denied Quadrific Media’s motion to stop Rajat Agarwal from using the Spartan Poker trademark in India.
| PACIFIC ISLANDS |
Gov. Ralph Torres has defended the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands’ (CNMI) reliance on the casino industry as its primary source of revenue.
| NORTH AMERICA |
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said that the state’s casino operators generated revenue of $989.5m in August, a hefty 14.9% increase over the same month last year.
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Millions upon millions of dollar wins in a single night are credited to Malaysian tycoons Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay and Quek Leng Chan, Indonesia’s Putera Sampoerna and Hustler founder Larry Flynt.
| TIP OF THE DAY |
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| SHOUT OUT |
To our friends in Las Vegas who are attending the G2E, please keep safe. As of this writing, the shooting incident near the Mandalay Bay Casino at the Strip has left at least 20 people dead and about 100 people injured. Our thoughts are with the victims, families, and the brave first responders.
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