India Rejects U.S. Panel Request In Solar Dispute, Probes State Programs

India is fighting back against U.S. charges that its national solar program violates World Trade Organization rules, both by rejecting the U.S.'s first request for a dispute settlement panel last week and by questioning solar power programs that have been enacted by four U.S. states. The U.S. is challenging the local content requirements in both phases of India's Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), an initiative designed to boost the country's solar power sector. The U.S. made its first panel...