American casino operators will soon find themselves being used as pawns in the ongoing trade war between China and the United States

MGM China Holdings Limited of MGM Resorts International and local Sands China Limited and Win Macau Limited subsidiaries of Las Vegas Sands Corporation and Win Resorts Limited are set to expire their Macau casino licenses, respectively, according to a report by Inside Asian Gaming. Sources detailed that Priscilla Roberts, an associate professor at Macau City University, predicted that the three could face "a slap on the wrist" from Chinese officials when they tried to extend the concession.

Roberts, an American political and foreign affairs authority, reportedly delivered an ominous prophecy at a meeting hosted by the Macau Chamber of Commerce in France earlier today. She reportedly declared that China 'can use the casino license lending process to hurt America without the Joseph Biden administration getting too angry about what's happening to the Adelson family and the Wynn family.'

"I think it's possible that U.S. casinos are no longer welcome in Macau. There could be pressure on these casinos to run more of China, which, so to speak, could be an opportunity for localization."

In addition, Roberts reportedly claimed that any future action that could negatively affect U.S. casino operators in Macau would 'much more irritating to Republicans than to Democrats' due to the fact that 'the industry has been heavily identified with Republicans'. She speculated that the presence of foreign gambling operators in Macau 'could be a symbolic issue a bit like the Olympics', which is believed to be a reference to U.S. efforts to cancel the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights abuses in China.

While the Biden-led administration could begin working to improve relations between Washington, DC, and Beijing, Roberts says he finished by arguing that such thawing would be minimal due to the current bipartisan view that China is hostile to U.S. national interests. 에볼루션 바카라사이트