US says China net filter is against WTO Trade Rules

[LuckyLove8]

The US making a complaint about China's Green Dam filter system. Saying it is against WTO trade rules, making e-commerce difficult on the net. And the US ban on online gambling is what??

From Strait Times

WASHINGTON - THE United States ramped up pressure on China on Wednesday to drop a new requirement for all computers to carry Internet filtering software, fearing it was a means for censorship.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said China may be violating World Trade Organisation obligations with its rule that all computers sold in the country from July 1 have the 'Green Dam' program. 'China is putting companies in an untenable position by requiring them, with virtually no public notice, to pre-install software that appears to have broad-based censorship implications and network security issues,' Mr Locke said.

Also at
http://www.onlinecasinoadvisory.com/...lock-42957.htm
http://1189cn.com/us-says-china-net-...t255.html#p743

[pgaming]

And the US ban on online gambling is what??

What gives? This whole UIGEA, attempted domain seizures, attempted ISP blocks simply don't make sense!

Is this U.S. protectionism all over again.

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[Anthony]

Hypocritical U.S. BS.

Cite the WTO when it is in your own best interests and ignore the WTO the rest of the time.

[Betpartners]

Hypocritical yes but not wrong

Two wrongs dont make a right and the issue here is the Chinese, what they are doing is clearly wrong.

But then superpowers have never give a dman have they?

[Anthony]

Yes the right thing is to promote freedom. However the actions of the U.S., just gives China an out. How can you enforce a WTO rule on China when the United States ignores WTO rules them selves. You can't have it both ways.

I just wonder when the "change" is coming.