India Blocks U.S. Request for WTO Panel On Domestic Content Rules for Solar Energy

摘要

India has blocked a U.S. request for the establishment of a World Trade Organization dispute panel to rule whether India's domestic content requirements for products used in its national solar energy program violate global trade rules. India blocked the U.S. request at an April 25 meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, saying that it still hoped to reach a negotiated settlement with the U.S. on the matter. The U.S. can renew its request at the next regularly scheduled DSB meeting on May 23, at which time the panel would automatically be established.