India to
Challenge US Solar Subsidies at WTO
India
has filed a request for WTO consultations with the US, citing select measures
which it claims unfairly support the renewable energy sector in eight American
states.
While the request for consultations was not yet public
it is said that subsidies and domestic content requirements that are allegedly
in place in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Montana, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, and Washington.
These measures, India claims, are allegedly in
violation of both the WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
(SCM Agreement) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs).
The
news of the WTO complaint comes just days before the organisation’s highest
court is meant to release its own findings in a separate India-US renewable
energy dispute (DS456).