<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">A World Trade Organisation,WTO dispute resolution panel has ruled in favour of India in a case against the United States. The panel stated that America's domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight of its states in the renewable energy sector are violative of global trade norms.</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br />''</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">The panel concluded in its ruling that "the measures" of the US "are inconsistent" with certain provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,GATT.  It said the US has "nullified or impaired benefits accruing to India under that agreement".</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br />''</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">The GATT aims to promote trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers like customs duties.</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br />''</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">The ruling stated that ten measures implemented by the US pertaining to renewable energy sector are inconsistent with its obligations under GATT 1994.</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br />''</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">In September 2016, India had dragged the US to WTO's dispute settlement mechanism over America's domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight states in the renewable energy sector.</span></font></p>''<div><br />''</div>