Solar
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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-
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 petitioners
in the case alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period
constitutes a countervailable subsidy. The Department of Commerce (DOC) asked
the Treasury Department for input
U.S. Solar Companies Argue that Chinese Economic Coercion Justifies Keeping Identities Secret in AD/CVD Proceeding
As we described here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/]
, 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 AD/CVD orders
Document: U.S. and China Discuss WTO Panel Ruling on Safeguards at DSB Meeting
At the September 27 DSB meeting, China and the United States discussed the U.S.
- Photovoltaic Safeguards (DS562) panel report. The case involves
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-appeal-or-not-to-appeal-the-question-facing-china-in-the-wto-dispute-on-solar-safeguards/]
Chinese claims against a 2018 U.
USTR Asks for Comments on Possible Extension of Solar Safeguard Measure
As we described in two
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-companies-ask-for-extension-of-section-201-solar-tariffs/]
posts
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-developments-in-section-201-solar-tariff-extension-petition-second-petition-and-litigation-schedule/]
in August, the USITC is in the process of considering whether
Solar Importers/Purchasers Respond in AD/CVD Anti-Circumvention Case
Last month, we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/]
on anti-circumvention ruling requests filed by a group of solar manufacturers
called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC)
related to AD/CVD orders that