This NY Times article reports on the latest international reaction to the US Justice Department’s over-the-top crackdown on internet gambling:

The World Trade Organization set up a panel on Wednesday to investigate whether United States restrictions on Internet gambling comply with international trade rules.
The Caribbean country of Antigua and Barbuda asked the W.T.O. to set up the panel after consultations with the United States failed to yield a solution to a dispute over whether Washington should drop prohibitions on Americans placing bets in online casinos.
A previous W.T.O. ruling said that some United States laws were in line with international commerce rules, but others were not. ìThe United States has been busy passing legislation that is directly and unequivocally contrary to the ruling,î Antigua told a meeting of the W.T.O.ís dispute settlement body.
The nation contends that the United States has taken no measures to comply with the recommendations and rulings of the dispute settlement body, Antigua said.

Let me get this straight. A supposedly free-trade and business-friendly GOP administration is risking World Trade Organization sanctions over criminalization — as opposed to regulation — of internet gambling?