El apoyo a las energías renovables a la luz del Sistema Mundial de Comercio. El rol de los Acuerdos de la Organización Mundial de Comercio en permitir el desarrollo de proyectos de energías renovables

• Main Author: Alamiro Andrés Alfaro Zepeda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Chile 2017-12-01
• Series: Revista Tribuna Internacional
• Online Access: https://tribunainternacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RTI/article/view/48018

The development of renewable energy projects is crucial to address many issues, from climate change to social and environmental demands. However, policies encouraging theses project may face resistance among WTO members, being contested under WTO panels. Different WTO member’s policies have been impugned regarding the so-called local requirements. Recent developments in the Appellate Body reports have shown that green policies or the support of renewable energy is compatible with the WTO law, directly or even under the general exceptions of the Article XX of the GATT. Nonetheless, the inclusion of national content requirements to access subsidies or benefits for renewable energy project are not allowed. Indeed, such measures violate the national treatment principle, one of the core principles of the world trading system.