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Subsidies and other barriers to trade in the biofuel sector

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Global, USA
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  • January 8 2008

Biofuels (ie, ethanol and biodiesel) are a substitute for traditional fossil fuels and are viewed as a means of reducing carbon emissions and thereby contributing to the fight against climate change

U.S. and EU expand sanctions against Iran

  • Jones Day
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  • European Union, Global, USA
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  • August 31 2010

On June 9, 2010, responding to Iran's continued refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment program and accept international safeguards, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1929

United States challenges China’s wind energy subsidies; USTR seeking public comments

  • Thompson Coburn LLP
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  • China, Global, USA
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  • January 21 2011

On December 22, 2010, the United States filed a consultation request at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge Chinese wind power subsidies

The World Trade Organization rules against China in raw materials dispute; ruling could serve as precedent for WTO challenge against China on rare earth materials

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • China, Global, USA
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  • August 1 2011

On July 5, a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel issued its public findings in response to complaints brought by the United States, the European Union, and Mexico against Chinese export restraints on certain raw materials

Sanctions targets

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Global, Iran, Ivory Coast, Libya, USA
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  • July 18 2011

The last eighteen months have seen numerous new sanctions regimes introduced by the EU, UN and the U.S. Reed Smith has issued a series of Client Alerts already this year as and when new or changed sanctions regimes have been introduced

The Syrian sanctions regime

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union, Global, Syria, USA
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  • July 19 2012

The continuing crisis in Syria is now well documented by national and international press

WTO rare earth dispute resubmitted

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • China, European Union, Global, Japan, USA
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  • July 15 2012

The European Union, Japan, and the United States placed July 13 a second request on the World Trade Organization’s July 23 Dispute Settlement Body agenda asking the organization to establish a dispute panel to rule whether China’s restrictions on rare earths exports violate global trade rules

International trade actions complicate global market for renewable energy businesses, particularly in the solar sector

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • China, European Union, Global, USA
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  • December 3 2012

As a result of several recent actions, developers of solar energy projects may face increased costs