David Ingram received notification that his winning bid of $24.50 had been canceled, along with this message: « At the present time, we do not ship to, or accept bids from, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany or any other country that does not support the United States in our efforts to rid the world of Saddam Hussein. If you are not with us, you are against us. »
Out of curiosity, are such restraints on trade theoretically allowed under the WTO agreements (or NAFTA)? Or do those treaties only concern government imposed barriers and tariffs?
[via Algorythm]