Talks Open to End Tariffs on Wind Turbines, Water Filters
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The U.S., European Union and 12 other governments in the World Trade Organization have opened negotiations on a trade deal aimed at ending tariffs on environmental goods such as wind turbines and solar panels.
The WTO members agreeing to the talks announced today in Geneva account for 86 percent of global trade in the products, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The U.S. exported $106 billion in goods such as turbines, solar panels and filters to treat wastewater in 2013, the USTR said.