“WAR ON ONLINE GAMBLING” HURT THE WTO,

DAMAGED CARIBBEAN ALLY & PERSECUTED CANADIAN BUSINESSMAN

Washington DC (Sept 2017) – Monies were expropriated, civil liberties infringed upon, and reputations threatened under the guise of enforcing American anti-gambling laws, concludes a new report* — a cautionary tale for foreign businesses, America’s trading partners, and multilateral economic institutions.

“Do as I say, Not as I do”: How the WTO, Antigua & a Canadian overcame American hypocrisy on free trade, published today by the Democracy Institute, documents both America’s discriminatory trade practices against the small Caribbean island-state of Antigua and uncovers the US government’s highly irregular, ill-advised, and unsuccessful prosecution of Calvin Ayre, the Canadian online gambling entrepreneur.