Thursday, November 2, 2006

LONDON, England (Reuters): Britain is sympathetic to Antigua's complaint to the World Trade Organisation over the United States' decision to effectively ban online gaming, UK sports minister Richard Caborn said on Tuesday.

He stopped short of saying Britain would support Antigua's complaint claiming the United States was acting in a protectionist manner however.

"It will be a landmark decision... We sympathise in the sense we want the WTO to clear up this area," Caborn said at an online gaming summit at Britain's Ascot racecourse west of London.

"Antigua has made it very clear it welcomes the support of the EU in this. We will find out the WTO's position in 2007," he added.

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