Wto Ruling On Solar Panels

The ruling could further inflame us indian tensions at a time when the.

Wto ruling on solar panels.

In a significant ruling last week a world trade organisation wto panel found that the domestic content requirement imposed under india s national solar programme is inconsistent with its treaty. A world trade organization wto panel has ruled against india in a dispute raised by the us over the country s solar power programme requiring the government to offer a level. Wto rules us solar panel anti dumping tariffs illegal july 17 2014don the world trade organisation wto has ruled the u s. India hit back at washington s latest legal assault on its solar power policies at the world trade organisation wto india rejected a u s.

Violated international trade agreements in 2012 by imposing anti dumping tariffs and countervailing measures against imports of chinese made solar materials. India on friday lost the appeal it had filed against a world trade organisation wto panel ruling that the country s power purchase agreements with solar firms and domestic content requirements dcr were inconsistent with international norms. Tariffs imposed on imported solar panels and washing machines world trade organization filings showed on tuesday. China has sent the united states a demand for talks on compensation for steep u s.

China claims that the safeguard measure on solar cells is inconsistent with a number of provisions of the wto s agreement on safeguards and the general agreement on tariffs and trade gatt 1994 while china claims the incentive measures for renewable energy are inconsistent with provisions under the agreement on trade related investment measures trims and the gatt 1994. In june a wto dispute resolution panel ruled in favour of india in a case against the us saying that america s domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight of its states in the renewable energy or the solar sector are violative of global trade norms.