The First Ten Years of WTO Jurisprudence on Renewable Energy Support Measures: Has the Dust Settled Yet?

Asmelash, H (通讯作者),Univ Birmingham, Birmingham Law Sch, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England.
2022-10
The last decade has witnessed the emergence and rise of trade disputes over renewable energy support measures. By pitting trade against the environment, these disputes ignited a considerable debate over the adequacy of the green policy space available under WTO law. This article examines whether and to what extent the first ten years of litigation settled the key issues in this debate by undertaking a systematic analysis of the developments in the case law and in the renewable energy policy landscape. The analysis reveals that the case law has raised more questions than answers and much uncertainty remains as to the scope of the policy space available for the subsidization of renewables. It also highlights how these disputes steered the debate away from the most contentious issue of subsidy regulation to the slam-dunk issue of non-discrimination. In doing so, they helped conceal rather than resolve the green policy space deficit in multilateral renewable energy subsidy governance.
WORLD TRADE REVIEW
卷号:21|期号:4|页码:455-478
ISSN:1474-7456|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Birmingham
被引频次(WOS)
2
被引频次(其他)
2
180天使用计数
4
2013以来使用计数
4
EISSN
1475-3138
出版年
2022-10
DOI
10.1017/S1474745622000180
关键词
WTO SCM agreement renewable energy subsidies local content requirements energy transition climate change
WOS学科分类
Economics International Relations Law
学科领域
循证法学 循证经济学