U.S. invites WTO to investigate China's wind power industry subsidies

The U.S. government said on the 22nd that it has requested the WTO to investigate the subsidies for the Chinese wind power industry. The United States believes that China's import substitution subsidy policy implemented in the industry is in violation of WTO rules.

Comprehensive media reported on December 22 that the U.S. government said on the 22nd that it has requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) to investigate China’s multi-billion-dollar subsidy to the industry in order to increase wind power generation capacity, with a view to ending these subsidies.

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US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that the U.S. government will continue to investigate other allegations raised by the Steel Workers Union and may still take action.

According to the U.S. government, subsidies for the wind power industry have been the subject of litigation because these subsidies appear to be conditioned on the use of domestically produced components rather than imported components by wind power generators in China.

In a statement, Kirk stated that “import substitution subsidies are particularly lethal, and they themselves are distorting trade, which is why the WTO rules expressly oppose it. These subsidies have actually become obstacles to the export of US goods to China.”