Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and other U.S. environmental groups have submitted an open letter to Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, arguing that the U.S. government should drop its planned World Trade Organisation ("WTO") challenge of Indian solar subsidies under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission programme.
They take the view that promoting India's solar industry is essential to limiting the effects of climate change and far outweighs the commercial interests of the U.S. solar industry. Interestingly, the letter goes on to argue that:
The letter can be found here.
According to a prior statement by the Office of the United States Trade Representative:
A previous post on domestic content issues and WTO rulings in connection with Ontario's Feed-In Tariff Program can be found here.
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