Book contents
- International Trade in Sustainable Electricity
- International Trade in Sustainable Electricity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- Part I Towards a Global Grid
- Part II Regional Experiences in Promoting (Green) Electricity Trade
- Part III Interconnectivity Issues
- Part IV Levelling the Playing Field: Regulatory Challenges
- 16 ASCM Disciplines and Recent WTO Case Law Developments: What Space for ‘Green’ Subsidies?
- 17 Dumping and Subsidy Issues in the Renewable Energy Sector
- 18 Promoting Green Electricity through Differentiated Electricity Tax Schemes
- 19 Competition Policy, Monopolies and the Role of the State in Promoting Green Electricity
- 20 Transfer of Technology and a Global Clean Energy Grid
- 21 The Role of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard: Regulatory Coherence for Trade and Investment in Renewable Energy
- Index
- References
16 - ASCM Disciplines and Recent WTO Case Law Developments: What Space for ‘Green’ Subsidies?
from Part IV - Levelling the Playing Field: Regulatory Challenges
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Book contents
- International Trade in Sustainable Electricity
- International Trade in Sustainable Electricity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- Part I Towards a Global Grid
- Part II Regional Experiences in Promoting (Green) Electricity Trade
- Part III Interconnectivity Issues
- Part IV Levelling the Playing Field: Regulatory Challenges
- 16 ASCM Disciplines and Recent WTO Case Law Developments: What Space for ‘Green’ Subsidies?
- 17 Dumping and Subsidy Issues in the Renewable Energy Sector
- 18 Promoting Green Electricity through Differentiated Electricity Tax Schemes
- 19 Competition Policy, Monopolies and the Role of the State in Promoting Green Electricity
- 20 Transfer of Technology and a Global Clean Energy Grid
- 21 The Role of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard: Regulatory Coherence for Trade and Investment in Renewable Energy
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- International Trade in Sustainable ElectricityRegulatory Challenges in International Economic Law, pp. 311 - 335Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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