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US Puts Tariff On Chinese Solar Panels
The US government announced recently a 5% tariff on China-made solar products. The tariff is considered low. Nevertheless, the industry has been concerned about whether or not Europe will take on similar investigations against China-based solar firms.
China-based media reports noted that applications for such an investigation to take place in Europe may be handed to the government at the end of March. If an investigation in Europe begins, business for China-based solar module makers will be hit hard.
The solar market in Europe has been the biggest customer for China-based solar module firms.
4 Comments on "US Puts Tariff On Chinese Solar Panels"
MrEnergyCzar on Sun, 25th Mar 2012 3:16 am
China out subsidized the U.S. by 10-1 and basically won the future solar industry jobs….
MrEnergyCzar
BillT on Sun, 25th Mar 2012 3:49 am
Actually, China can retaliate and bring down the Us and or Europe if it decides to. This solar panel thingy is going to take years to decide and the newest one on rare earths is another. In those years, China will have gained what she wants out of the deal and moved on while the Us and Europe will have collapsed or at least be much closer to it. This is all part of Obama’s plan to ‘contain’ China…lol. What was the $500 million dollar fiasco to Solyndra if not a subsidy?
DC on Sun, 25th Mar 2012 7:56 am
What does China and subsidies have to do with anything really? Im just curious. Amerika is one giant corporate-welfare subsidy state. Airlines, nuclear, big-ag, Oil-Auto, mineing, you name it, the US lavishes fiat money on critcial and concetrated industries like theres no end. The US could, if it wished, subsidize cleaner energy tech to the same degree if it chose to. But since one the most senior of the groups that controls USCorp, the Fossil-fuel cartel, does not take kindly to govt subsidizing its competition, so it doesnt happen. Thus FF remains cheap’ and clean tech remains fairly expensive.
All is working as intended. Perhaps this tarriffs real purpose is to slow and hinder the sale and adapatation of solar in the US, ever think of it that way? Looking and amerikan policy, its pretty clear, greenwash aside, the US doesnt really want any large scale move to decentralized clean energy tech no matter WHO makes it.
rick reath on Sun, 25th Mar 2012 1:26 pm
china is the best and biggest in solar
manufacturing i should help jobs world wide