YÊU CẦU BỒI THƯỜNG THEO BÀI VIẾT XI CỦA GATS LÀTuyên bố và các đối số chính của các bênAntigua nộp Hoa Kỳ vẫn duy trì các biện pháp hạn chế giao dịch chuyển tiền quốc tế và các khoản thanh toán liên quan đến việc cung cấp qua biên giới của cờ bạc và cá cược dịch vụ. Đặc biệt, Antigua điểm để các định luật của tiểu bang New York mà render hợp đồng dựa trên đặt cược hoặc cược vô hiệu cũng như một ví dụ về một "thi hành biện pháp" thực hiện bởi New York tổng chưởng lý chống lại một tài chính trung gian cung cấp dịch vụ thanh toán Internet. Theo quan điểm của Antigua, mục đích của những biện pháp này là để ngăn chặn các nhà cung cấp nước ngoài cờ bạc và cá cược các dịch vụ từ cung cấp dịch vụ của họ trên một cơ sở qua biên giới. Antigua lập luận rằng, do đó, các biện pháp vi phạm điều XI:1 của các GATS.The United States submits that both the laws and the enforcement measure in the form of an agreement between a state Attorney General and a financial intermediary upon which Antigua relies are neutral regarding the destination of payments. With respect to Antigua's reliance upon an agreement between a state Attorney General and a financial intermediary, this "measure" is contained in Section III of Antigua's Panel request and, therefore, following the Panel's preliminary ruling, cannot be examined as a separate, autonomous measure. Further, according to the United States, Antigua has provided no evidence that the provisions of the agreement in question result in restrictions on the movements of funds across borders. The United States submits that, on the contrary, by the terms of the agreement, it applies without regard to whether the payments in question are destined for further transfer to a domestic or international destination. The United States further submits that, insofar as Antigua relies upon the agreement in question as evidence of the application of the laws of the state of New York, the agreement is not an application of those laws. Rather, it is a mutual settlement between the relevant contracting parties. DEFENCE UNDER ARTICLE XIV OF THE GATSClaims and main arguments of the partiesThe United States submits that, because the measures that have been challenged by Antigua in this dispute serve important policy objectives that fall within Article XIV of the GATS, they benefit from the exceptions of Article XIV(a) and Article XIV(c). Moreover, they are applied in a way that complies with the requirements of the chapeau of Article XIV of the GATS. In relation to its defence under Article XIV(a), the United States argues that the Wire Act, the Travel Act and the Illegal Gambling Business Act are necessary to protect "public morals" and "public order" within the meaning of Article XIV(a) because, inter alia, remote gambling is particularly vulnerable to use by minors who are prohibited from gambling or can be used for laundering the proceeds of organized crime. Antigua questions the United States' argument that the US measures prohibiting the remote supply of gambling and betting services are necessary to protect public morals and public order on the basis, inter alia, that the United States is a significant consumer of gambling and betting services and that state-sanctioned gambling opportunities are available in 48 states.
With respect to its defence under Article XIV(c), the United States argues that the Wire Act, the Travel Act and the Illegal Gambling Business Act serve as law enforcement tools to secure compliance with other WTO-consistent US laws, in particular, state gambling laws and criminal laws relating to organized crime. Antigua argues that the United States' defence under Article XIV(c) should fail because it has not submitted sufficient information on the laws upon which it seeks to rely for its defence under Article XIV(c). Antigua submits that the burden on a defending party to identify such laws is, at the least, similar to that of a complaining party who seeks to challenge a measure in dispute settlement proceedings; both must establish that "measures" with the alleged effect exist. The United States responds that Members' legislation is presumed to be WTO-consistent, including all legislation invoked by the United States in support of its Article XIV defence.
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