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WTO and renewable energy : lessons from the case law

Farah, Paolo Davide; Cima, Elena - In: Journal of world trade : law, economic policy, public policy 49 (2015) 6, pp. 1103-1116

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WTO and Renewable Energy : Lessons from the Case Law

Farah, Paolo Davide; Cima, Elena - 2015

This contribution illustrates some unresolved issues and tensions that characterize the way the WTO deals with renewable energy subsidies. Indeed, the indisputable urgency to address the negative impacts of climate change on the one hand, and the use of subsidies to boost and support a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014130981

Canada : renewable energy ; implications for WTO law on green and not-so-green subsidies

Charnovitz, Steve; Fischer, Carolyn - 2014

subsidy. The panel and Appellate Body agreed that Canada was violating the GATT and the TRIMS Agreement. But the SCM Article 3 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426197

Nihil novi sub sole : the need for rethinking WTO and green subsidies in light of United States - renewable energy

Nelson, Douglas R.; Puccio, Laura - In: World trade review 20 (2021) 4, pp. 491-508

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Feed-In Tariffs for Renewable Energy and WTO Subsidy Rules : An Initial Legal Review

Wilke, Marie - 2014

) subsidy rules. By examining the functioning of the FIT programmes implemented by the Canadian province of Ontario, Germany and … the United Kingdom (UK) the paper explores how current subsidy rules may treat FIT programmes. The issue formally entered … and amounts to an illegal subsidy. In particular this decision to ﬁle the dispute under the WTO’s subsidy accord has …

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The Subsidization of Renewable Energy in the WTO : Issues and Perspectives

Rubini, Luca - 2011

The fast deployment of renewable energy is crucial in the fight against climate change. While there are significant advances from the technological, commercial and even public opinion perspective, renewable energy still faces significant obstacles and barriers which justify a significant public...

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There Is No Protectionism Problem : The WTO's De Facto Regulation of Renewable Energy Subsidies

Egendorf, Sam - 2016

While Local Content Requirements, commonly paired with Feed-in Tariffs to spur renewable energy investment, violate WTO rules, the peculiar features of the WTO dispute resolution system ensure, surprisingly, that they will be used as effectively as possible

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Subsidy Regulation in WTO Law : Some Implications for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy

Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2017

This contribution discusses WTO subsidies disciplines in the context of the energy sector. After laying out the relevant disciplines, it will discuss the paradox of WTO law with respect to subsidies towards fossil fuels vis-à-vis those towards renewable energy. It is clear that subsidies on...

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The WTO and China's Renewable Energy : An Application of Anti-Subsidy Rules to China's Green Sector Manufacturing Subsidies

Dove, Jonathan - 2014

Countervailing Measures. As such, this study aims to apply the WTO’s anti-subsidy rules as they currently stand to China’s green … Effects. By doing so, the thesis strives to carry out an assessment of the legality of China’s green sector subsidy regime, as …

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Canada – Renewable Energy : Implications for WTO Law on Green and Not-so-Green Subsidies

Charnovitz, Steve - 2014

subsidy. The panel and Appellate Body agreed that Canada was violating the GATT and the TRIMS Agreement. But the SCM Article 3 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040520