Antigua takes step to ignore U.S. copyrights in fight over online gaming

Antigua threatened to ignore U.S. copyrights in retaliation for an online gaming ban that the tiny Caribbean nation says has “devastated” its economy.

The country sought and received the World Trade Organization's authorization to set up a website to sell materials that infringe on U.S. copyrights without paying the American copyright holders. The decision could rekindle congressional concerns about subjugating U.S. policy to international law and complicate President Obama’s second-term trade agenda. The Antiguan government said, however, that it still hopes to reach a deal with the United States and avoid the retaliation.