Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
10-2016
Abstract
The chapter analyzes several issues regarding the renewable energy subsidies in trade law. There are uncertainties regarding the WTO-consistence of renewable energy subsidies for goods. It is partially due to the vagueness of WTO rules and insufficient jurisprudence. Among them, issues such as the specificity of subsidies turn to be quite controversial. Given the unclear WTO disciplines on the susidies for goods, renewable energy subsidies for services could be more popular. The “collaboration” between the WTO law and FTAs is desirable to reform the WTO rules on trade remedies and to strike a balance between trade disciplines and environment protection.
Keywords
Renewable energy, Subsidies, WTO, FTAs, Specificity, General infrastructure
Discipline
Energy and Utilities Law | International Trade Law
Publication
Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development: International Trade Law and Policy Relating to Natural Resources
Editor
Mitsuo Matsushita & Thomas J. Schoenbaum
First Page
343
Last Page
352
ISBN
9784431564263
Identifier
10.1007/978-4-431-56426-3_17
Publisher
Springer
City or Country
Cham
Citation
WANG, Heng.
Subsidies issues in renewable energy trade. (2016). Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development: International Trade Law and Policy Relating to Natural Resources. 343-352.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4492
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56426-3_17