The European Commission has truck a deal for compensation by the United States in return for Washington's decision to close its gambling markets to on-US online companies.

"A bilateral agreement was signed in Geneva, which provides EU service suppliers with new trade opportunities in the US postal and courier, research and development, storage and warehouse sectors," the Commission said in a statement.

"The US also made concessions in the testing and analysis services sector."

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