US representative deems A&B move ‘radical’

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – General Counsel for the office of United States Trade Representative (USTR) Timothy Reif is warning that the United States “cannot” allow the World Trade Organisation’s decision in the online gaming dispute to be used as a tool for “piracy” by Antigua & Barbuda.
“We, the US government, obliviously cannot allow any WTO decision to be distorted into a license for piracy,” the USTR attorney told OBSERVER Media in an exclusive interview yesterday.
The cross-border trade dispute between Antigua & Barbuda and the United States has been escalating since last week. And, the attorney responsible for enforcing the US trade agreement in the WTO, said he wants to put a halt to the back and forth and get negotiations back on the right track.