Archive for June 27, 2007

Macau lodges interest claim with the United States

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Issue 27, Page 4
Word count: 317
Published in: Macau Daily Times

By Poyi (Natalie) Leung

The Macau government officially lodged a claim of interest on June 21 with the United States government following its decision to exclude online gambling from the World Trade Organisation’s 1995 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

Commissioner for Legal Affairs of the Macau Gaming Commission, Jorge Oliveira, said Macau SAR was the third jurisdiction, after India and the European Union, to file a claim of interest with the US before the June 22 deadline. … continue reading this entry.