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The dominant theme that ties many of the key elements of the Antigua-US case together is its straddling quality. The popular image of struggle reinforces the frameworks established by both Antigua and the United States; that the protracted dispute inside and outside the WTO hinged on different claims of morality. The dispute centered on a clear delineation between the assertion by the United States that the offshore IG industry was a present danger to the social order, and the alternative argument by Antigua that the outcome of the case served as a test of whether the international system was fair and equitable or not. The representative image of a tough but indispensable disciplinarian (or Goliath) ran head-on into the portrait of a small but steadfast ‘David’ (Friedman and Kakstys, 2008). The need to prohibit an unacceptable variant of Casino Capitalism that contravened US laws and/or community standards was offset against demands for justice which privileged the logic of niche creation in innovative service areas without targeting by a self-righteous, hypocritical, and bullying global policeman.
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Cooper, A.F. (2011). The Big Implications of a Small but Straddling Case. In: Internet Gambling Offshore. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307766_7
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