Solar
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Commerce Department Review of Solar CVD Follows Treasury's Conclusions on Chinese Currency Undervaluation
As we reported here and here, a Commerce Department administrative review of a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019 examined a claim that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period constitutes a countervailable subsidy. In its recently issued Decision Memorandum for
Trade Policy Staff Committee Holds Hearing on Solar Safeguard Tariff Extension, China Imports Discussed
As we reported previously, several companies requested an extension of the U.S. safeguard tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products, which have a significant impact on Chinese imports and are set to expire on February 6, 2022. Today the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) held a virtual public hearing regarding
USITC Votes To Extend Solar Safeguard Tariffs; Final Decision Is Biden's
On November 24, the USITC determined that the U.S. safeguard measure on solar
products that is currently in effect is still necessary to protect the domestic
industry after it expires on February 6, 2022.
As we described in two
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-companies-ask-for-extension-
USDOC Rejects U.S. Solar Industry Anti-Circumvention Petition; Industry Considers Next Steps
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-companies-argue-that-chinese-economic-coercion-justifies-keeping-identities-secret-in-ad-cvd-proceeding/]
, on August 16 a group of U.S. companies called the American Solar Manufacturers
Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions
related to
Domestic Industry Points to Changed Treasury Department Conclusions on Currency Issues in Review of Solar CVD
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/review-of-solar-cvd-looks-at-chinese-currency-undervaluation/]
, in an administrative review for a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports
of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019, the domestic
industry alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period
GOP Senators Send Letter to U.S. International Development Finance Corporation on Solar Panels and Forced Labor
On November 4, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rick Scott
(R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) sent
a
letter
[https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E6762115-790A-42E5-AED1-
Chinese Solar Panel Maker Responds To Reports of Blocked Shipments
Tensions continue over allegations of the use of forced labor in Chinese solar
panel production and blocked shipments to the United States as a result. U.S.
Customs officials have been looking into this issue closely in recent
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-