Can someone tell me what this has to do with trade?   

The U.S. has laws against online gambling.  The U.S. is part of the WTO.  Antigua did not like our gambling prohibition, and filed a WTO claim saying we are restricting trade.  

Antigua won.  They now have the WTO-granted right to violate copyright protections on U.S. goods like films and music. 

Does David Brooks and Thomas Friedman think this should be a part of trade agreements?  The striking-down-U.S.-laws stuff was in the part of the agreement that they did not read.

Oh, but Friedman doesn't read any trade agreement.  He just likes it if the cover page says free trade agreement.

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written by cmohr , January 11, 2008

What does "copyright protection" violation have to do with gambling?

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