Green Subsidies and the WTO

Charnovitz, Steve

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: ABATEMENT;    ADVERSE EFFECTS;    AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE;    AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES;    AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7060
RP-ID  :  WPS7060

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper provides a detailedexplanation how the law of the World Trade Organizationregulates environmental subsidies with a focus on renewableenergy subsidies. The paper begins by discussing theeconomic justifications for such subsidies and thecriticisms of them and then gives examples of categories ofsubsidies. The paper provides an overview of the relevantWorld Trade Organization rules and case law, including therecent Canada-Renewable Energy case. The paper also makesspecific recommendations for how World Trade Organizationlaw can be improved and discusses the literature on reformproposals. The study finds that because of a lack of clarityin World Trade Organizaion rules, for some clean energysubsidies, a government will not know in advance whether thesubsidy is World Trade Organization-legal.