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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

China to cut production of rare earth minerals by 20 percent, threatens U.S. manufacturing

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • China, Global, USA
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  • September 4 2012

In a week that saw Apple, Inc. Inc. become the most valuable company in U.S. history, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) announced new rules that will reduce rare earth minerals output in China by 20 percent

China rare earth materials support

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • China, Global
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  • July 15 2012

China’s Ministry of Finance announced July 4 that it will subsidize 42 research projects on rare earth, rare metal, and new materials as part of its effort to strengthen is position as an industry leader

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

A rock or an island? The significance of Okinotorishima and its status under the international law of the sea

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, Global, Japan, South Korea
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  • July 5 2012

Okinotorishima is an atoll in the Philippine Sea

China and the Global CCS Institute enter into MoU

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • China, Global
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  • May 23 2012

The Global CCS Institute and the Government of China have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding regarding cooperation on CCS

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

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

United States seeks WTO dispute settlement consultations on China’s support for its domestic wind power industry

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China, Global, USA
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  • December 27 2010

The United States announced on December 22, 2010 that it has sought the World Trade Organization's (WTO) intervention to address US concerns over support for the domestic wind power industry in the People's Republic of China

Water crisis in China highlights global scarcity issues

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • China, Global
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  • November 13 2009

The scarcity of clean water is an increasing problem throughout the world