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4 March 2016,

India-US WTO spat: American doublespeak exposed

Amit Bhandari and Kunal Kulkarni's article 'WTO solar ruling: victim to victor' was republished by DNA.

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The full text of the World Trade Organization (WTO) judgment on India-US solar case was finally been made public on Feb 24, three years after the US. challenged New Delhi’s policy for solar projects to source at least half their content from local producers to qualify for Indian government support and encourage domestic manufacture. The judgment prevents India from doing so, and concludes that the domestic content requirements set by India for the initial phases of its National Solar Mission, violate international trade agreements. It recommends that India ‘bring its measures into conformity with its obligations under the TRIMs Agreement and the GATT 1994’.

Here is the full article on DNA.