ANNOUNCEMENT 29 Oct 2009

In October 2009, the government of China announced a change in the required local inputs to serve domestic customers.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. (2009). Protocol. Available at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/fact-sheets/2009/october/us-china-joint-commission-commerce-and-trade


Inception date: 29 Oct 2009 | Removal date: open ended

Local sourcing

On 29 October 2009, at the 20th U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
meeting, the Chinese government agreed to drop its local content requirement for wind turbines.
 
Previous to the agreement, the Chinese government demanded from local governments to source more than 70 percent from domestic sources when planning wind power projects.

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