The organization also mentioned EU CVD investigations over wind turbine components from China. "The above mentioned three cases are clear evidence from the marketplace of increasing barriers and tension in trade with green/clean technologies and underscore a negative trend of late," states SETI Alliance Managing Director Peter C. Brun.
"These cases are good reminders of the need to resolve the growing tension with new international trade agreements providing level playing field competition and thus facilitating the continuation of further innovation and reduction of the cost of green and clean technologies for the benefit of end consumers and the fight of climate change."
SETI Alliance seeks further depth on trade talks
The EU and fourteen nations, including the United States, China and Taiwan, are participants in the trade talks. SETI Alliance states that negotiations will initially cover tariffs on goods, but that it seeks greater depth to the agreement.
"While the ambition of the SETI Alliance goes beyond tariffs, we heartily welcome the move forward," says Brun. "As was already agreed in the APEC EGS-initiative, plurilateral negotiations must also eventually cover non-tariff-barriers and expand to include both services and rules (e.g., trade defence and government procurement)."
SETI Alliance is an initiative of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD, Geneva). In December 2013, anti-tariff trade group Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy (AFASE, Brussels) dissolved to join SETI Alliance.