WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Panel established on US-India dispute over solar energy
THE Dispute Settlement Body of WTO, on 23 May 2014, established a panel to examine a complaint by the United States regarding India's domestic content requirements under its solar energy programme. Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Russian Federation and Turkey reserved their third-party right to participate in the panel's proceedings.
The United States reiterated its concern about India's domestic content requirements under its solar energy programme known as the National Solar Mission (NSM). The US emphasized that it was not challenging India's NSM Programme on the basis that it promotes solar power generation. Rather, the US was challenging the domestic content requirements in India's measures that discriminate against imported solar cells and modules in favour of “like” domestic products.
The US, for the second time, requested the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) to establish a panel to examine the matter set out in its panel request.
The panel is now established.
Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, the Russian Federation and Turkey reserved their third-party right to participate in the panel's proceedings.