The WTO decision is a moral victory for Antigua and for free trade, but analysts were left wondering how the US would react to the decision. Antigua is too small to effectively impose trade sanctions against the US, even though they can now do that under the WTO ruling.
Some analysts believe Europe may use this decision to lodge a similar complaint with the WTO against the US, in the knowledge they would almost surely be successful, and this would almost certainly force the US to take action.