China Challenges US Safeguard Duty on Solar Imports before WTO Updated On Fri, Aug 17th, 2018 by Saurenergy China Government has requested WTO dispute consultations with the U.S. to take appropriate measures at the state and municipal level that provide incentives for the use of domestically sourced renewable energy products and technologies for dispute settlement. Adding to its wide range of conflicts with U.S., China has questioned the U.S. imposed safeguard duties on […] Read more
WTO: India Takes Stand against EU, Japan’s Opposition on Safeguard Duty Updated On Thu, Apr 26th, 2018 by Saurenergy India’s preliminary safeguard on imported solar cells drew criticisms from the EU and Japan, which criticized the conduct of the investigation and the initial findings. Despite criticism from the European Union and Japan, India told to the World Trade Organization (WTO) committee that it had followed global trade rules while imposing safeguard duty on imported solar cells. On April 23, […] Read more
US Solar Claim Rejected by India at WTO, Investigates New Guard to Ensure Industry Updated On Tue, Jan 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy In a statement published by the WTO on Monday, India said it had changed its rules to conform with the ruling and that a U.S. claim for punitive trade sanctions was groundless. India hit back on Monday at Washington’s latest legal assault on its solar power policies at the World Trade Organization, rejecting a U.S. […] Read more
United States forces India at WTO to open up $1 billion solar power market Updated On Sat, Jan 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy The US successfully challenged India’s local content conditions in its solar power policy at the WTO which sent a message to the rest of the world that it would not tolerate “new form of protectionism”, outgoing American Trade Representative Mike Froman has said. Further, this also helped the US to get India to open up […] Read more
WTO rules against India in solar mission dispute with the United States Updated On Sat, Sep 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy The India’s solar mission dispute with the United States has finally met with an ending; with India losing its appeal to overturn the US complaint that New Delhi had discriminated against importers in the Indian solar power sector. The WTO’s appeals judges upheld an earlier ruling that found India had broken WTO rules by requiring […] Read more
India, US solar case: WTO Appellate Body to Deliver Verdict by September Updated On Mon, Jul 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) appellate body is expected to deliver its verdict on an appeal by India in its solar mission dispute with the United States by September. The appellate body of WTO is a standing body that includes seven officials. It listens to the appeals from reports issued by panels in disputes involving […] Read more
US Overpowers India in WTO Dispute Updated On Thu, Feb 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The US has triumph over India in the three year longing topsy-turvy World Trade Organization(WTO) dispute, as latest statement from the US Trade Representative’s office called the ruling a significant victory that would hasten the spread of solar energy across the world and support clean-energy jobs in the United States. In 2014, US advocated India […] Read more
India-US might come over the longing WTO Dispute Updated On Tue, Feb 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy PM Narendra Modi is giving consistent effort to strengthen political and trade relations with the US. The bilateral relations has significantly effected 3-year old WTO dispute; as latest reports asserts to rejig the domestic content requirement in India’s solar power programme. India and the US are talking over this issue and leaders from both the […] Read more
How US Import Barrier On Chinese Solar Cells Can Change Trade Game? Updated On Wed, May 22nd, 2024 by Saurenergy The recent trade barriers imposed by the United States (US) against the imports of Chinese solar equipment like solar cells has triggered speculations on the overall global trades of clean energy equipment. The Joe Biden led government recently triggered a new controversy by increasing the imports tariffs for solar cells for upto 50 percent and […] Read more
