WTO confirms US loss in Internet gambling case

(Reuters) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday confirmed its ruling the United States had done nothing to abide by an earlier verdict that labeled some U.S. Internet gambling restrictions as illegal.

In a published version of findings in a complaint brought by Antigua and Barbuda, initially sent to the parties in January, the Geneva-based trade referee said the Caribbean island had provided additional evidence that strengthened its case.


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World trade talk prospects fading - Brazil expert

(Reuters) - The chances of success in the World Trade Organization's Doha round of free-trade talks are fading, Marcos Jank, president of the Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations, said on Wednesday.

"We have a big risk of failure," he said at a conference organised by news and information service Agra Europe.


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