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).