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Wednesday, 4 June 2014

U.S.-China Solar-Products Dispute Heats Up

China warned Wednesday that a preliminary U.S. decision to close a loophole that allowed some Chinese solar-equipment makers to avoid tariffs would worsen trade relations between the two countries.


Solar-energy products became a flashpoint in trade relations between China, the U.S. and the European Union as the global financial crisis slowed the implementation of big solar-energy projects just as production capacity for solar panels was growing sharply.


In the latest move, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday it would seek to impose antisubsidy tariffs ranging from nearly 19% to 35% on Chinese solar panels, even if the panels contained solar cells made outside of China. Solar panels are made from solar cells.


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Liyan Qi and Wayne Ma, The Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1kL4oJZ

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