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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

Short-lived pollutant coalition

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Colombia, European Union, Global, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, USA
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  • April 29 2012

Norway, Nigeria, Colombia, Japan, the European Commission, and the World Bank joined a coalition April 24 formed earlier this year by the United States and other countries to curb black carbon, methane, and hydrofluorocarbons

WTO Ontario FIT ruling forthcoming

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, European Union, Global, Japan
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  • March 11 2012

A World Trade Organization dispute panel announced last week that it will issue a ruling by September on Japan’s claims that provisions in Ontario’s green energy program violate global trade rules

WTO rules public can view Japanese-Canadian dispute hearing

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, Global, Japan
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  • January 22 2012

On January 18, the World Trade Organization said the public can listen in on dispute panel proceedings between Japan and Canada over whether the domestic content requirements under Ontario's Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program violate WTO rules by requiring that wind and solar projects include a minimum amount of Ontario originated goods and services

Industry criticizes Japanese fuel economy standards

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, Japan
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  • September 11 2011

The comment period ending September 22 for Japan's proposed 2020, 47.7 miles per gallon fuel economy target for passenger cars has seen many comments from international automakers arguing the standards are discriminatory and asking that the country either adopt a set of exemptions for imports or support the establishment of the Worldwide Harmonized Light-duty Test Procedures (WLTP

WTO panel to review FIT program in Ontario per Japanese request

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, Global, Japan
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  • July 5 2011

Japan is set to secure the establishment of a WTO dispute panel to rule whether Ontario's Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program aimed at encouraging the development of alternative energies violates global trade rules

Japan to meet UNFCCC pledge

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, Japan
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  • May 8 2011

Japan’s new ambassador to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kenji Hiramatsu, said last week that the country will honor its pledge of $15 billion to help Africa and other developing areas fight global warming