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The solar trade war rages on

Trade war: The U.S. has imposed heavy preliminary antidumping duties on imports of solar cells and modules from China and Taiwan, which add to already substantial anti-subsidy tariffs imposed in early June. It is unclear what the full impacts of these duties will be, but changes are already being reported in the U.S. market.

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Christian Roselund

11 Aug 2014

On July 25, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced antidumping duties of 26 – 165% on imports of solar PV products from China and Taiwan. This followed a preliminary ruling in June imposing steep countervailing duties (CVD) on Chinese PV, due to findings of illegal subsidies. Unlike tariffs imposed in 2012, these tariffs will also …

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