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American solar duties may hurt cooperation
By Richard Fu |
November 11, 2011, Friday
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CHINA is "seriously concerned" about the United States' anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe into Chinese-made solar cells, saying potential duties could hurt cooperation in the clean energy sector.
The US Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it opened an investigation into whether Chinese companies have been dumping products in the US aided by unfair government subsidies received at home, which could lead to the Americans imposing steep duties.
Shen Danyang, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, yesterday said Chinese companies are "greatly dissatisfied" and the Chinese government is "seriously concerned" about the case.
"The US is actively provoking trade friction in the clean-energy industry," Shen said in a statement, adding that the move would damage their ties in clean energy and impede global efforts to deal with climate change.
He said the US is trying to shift the responsibility for weak US clean-energy development to Chinese solar companies.
China retains the right to take relevant measures within the framework of the World Trade Organization, Shen said in the statement.
The US probe, based on a petition from some American manufacturers, is also opposed by buyers and installers of solar systems and environmentalists in the US.
Trina Solar Ltd, based in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, last month said the allegations of the US petitioners will "eventually prove to be unfounded."
China is the world's largest solar cell maker and exports most of its products. The domestic firms, mostly from the private sector, don't have access to cheap loans from the government, industry executives have said.
The US Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it opened an investigation into whether Chinese companies have been dumping products in the US aided by unfair government subsidies received at home, which could lead to the Americans imposing steep duties.
Shen Danyang, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, yesterday said Chinese companies are "greatly dissatisfied" and the Chinese government is "seriously concerned" about the case.
"The US is actively provoking trade friction in the clean-energy industry," Shen said in a statement, adding that the move would damage their ties in clean energy and impede global efforts to deal with climate change.
He said the US is trying to shift the responsibility for weak US clean-energy development to Chinese solar companies.
China retains the right to take relevant measures within the framework of the World Trade Organization, Shen said in the statement.
The US probe, based on a petition from some American manufacturers, is also opposed by buyers and installers of solar systems and environmentalists in the US.
Trina Solar Ltd, based in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, last month said the allegations of the US petitioners will "eventually prove to be unfounded."
China is the world's largest solar cell maker and exports most of its products. The domestic firms, mostly from the private sector, don't have access to cheap loans from the government, industry executives have said.
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