USA uses TPP-like trade-court to kill massive Indian solar project
@Emil_Pop wrote: The whole idea in a free trade agreement is to have a bidding process in which the lowest cost option is chosen, irrespective of where it is produced (still within the treaty...
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@renke wrote: Emil_Pop: This happens in EU daily. with the nice spin that governmental buyers/customers are entitled to use the most economical offer - as this is nearly impossible to qualify the...
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@scruss wrote: Ontario wind and solar person here … the Ontario FIT projects were not forced to be put out to tender. The awarded contracts were allowed to stand, but later revisions of the FIT...
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@Schmorgluck wrote: A proper bidding process doesn't need to have price as its sole criterion. Maybe a better wording of the project's goals and of the bidding criteria could have shielded it from...
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@Mindysan33 wrote: tlwest: Are you saying we should not interfere with local corruption? Why is that our concern? Are we supposed to go around everyone else how to run their countries? Should we just...
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@tlwest wrote: Thanks for injecting a significant amount of fact into my speculations. Much appreciated! Read full topic
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@tlwest wrote: Mindysan33: Why is that our concern? Are we supposed to go around everyone else how to run their countries? Should we just take them all over and impose our preferred government for...
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@tlwest wrote: By the way, as an aside, I am, as always, appreciative of the time and effort that you take to engage in these conversations. I do quite enjoy them. If at any point I am too bombastic...
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USA uses TPP-like trade-court to kill massive Indian solar project
@ActuallyARegular wrote: According to my Japanese friend, indeed, the Japanese want to eat Japanese rice. What happened during that dispute is that some brands of rice were sold with a small amount of...
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@tlwest wrote: ActuallyARegular: According to my Japanese friend, indeed, the Japanese want to eat Japanese rice. I wouldn't be too surprised, as the LDP government which has ruled Japan since WWII...
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@wysinwyg wrote: drplokta: If it's because they want to create employment and a technology industry locally, then that is indeed a breach of free trade principles. Which just goes to show what "free...
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@Ulysses wrote: Doesn't this seem...oh, I don't know...wrong, somehow? Read full topic
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