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-distorting subsidies across sectors, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an obvious candidate for advancing fossil fuel subsidy reform …) pledging subsidy reform and ensuring credible follow-up through reporting and review; (iv) adopting a political declaration …
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In recent months the World Trade Organization (WTO) has seen increasing conflict over the rules for government support …
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technology innovations are a significant factor for their economic growth. Under the World Trade Organization (WTO) system, R …&D subsidies by governmental entities were permitted in accordance with the SCM (Subsidy and Countervailing Measure) Agreement …. However, the provision on the R&D subsidy terminated as of January 2000, according to the Article 31 of the SCM Agreement, and …
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This paper analyzes renewable energy feed-in tariff (FIT) programmes in the context of World Trade Organization (WTO …) subsidy rules. By examining the functioning of the FIT programmes implemented by the Canadian province of Ontario, Germany and … the United Kingdom (UK) the paper explores how current subsidy rules may treat FIT programmes. The issue formally entered …
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Presently the Doha Round negotiations for ensuring disciplines in the area of subsidies and countervailing measures are going on at the multilateral level. In particular, a major focus of the current negotiation is on removal of the actionable subsidies being provided in the fishery sector. The...
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Renewable energy subsidies are crucial for combatting climate change, and yet the world’s international legal … infrastructure is not designed to accommodate such subsidies. The world needs a renewable energy sector to develop and implement the … against each other: cultivation of renewable energy and prevention of unfair trade practices. The World Trade Organization …
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framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its …) Agreement within the GATT/WTO system. -- Trade Agreements ; Trade Policy Credibility ; Subsidy Rules ; GATT/WTO …
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framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its …) Agreement within the GATT/WTO system. -- trade agreements ; trade policy credibility ; subsidy rules ; GATT/WTO …
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The WTO has increased international disciplines on export policy, but there is still scope for the use of export subsidies and other measures to promote exports. Under macroeconomic and trade reforms of the last decade, many countries have reduced or eliminated import measures which operate as...
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