WTO faults US in dispute brought by China over clean energy subsidies

Geneva (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
The World Trade Organization has faulted the United States in a dispute brought by China over US green energy subsidies, in a ruling slammed by Washington on Friday as "absurd". The global trade body's dispute panel said that large tax credits granted under former president Joe Biden's landmark climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), were "inconsistent" with several WTO agreements an