May 24, 2012

US Anti-Dumping Duties Harm Both Sides

Luo Lan, People's Daily


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The United States ignores China’s advantages of large-scale production, and arbitrarily raises dumping margins.

The U.S. Commerce Department issued a preliminary ruling on May 17 that solar products from China will be subject to anti-dumping duties of between 31 percent and 250 percent.

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TAGGED: Department of Commerce, solar panels, Solar energy, Trade war, solar trade war, China

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