As part of a recent administrative review of a countervailing duty order on Chinese solar products, the Commerce Department considered and rejected a claim that RMB undervaluation was a countervailable subsidy, but did not make a finding requested by China that no undervaluation exists.

The International Energy Association (IEA) has released a report on solar panel supply chains that raises concerns about China's dominance of the sector and calls for diversification.

In the midst of an inquiry into whether Chinese producers of solar products shifted production to certain Asian countries in order to avoid tariffs, the Biden administration has announced a two year pause in imposing the tariffs, along with certain actions designed to help domestic producers.

At a Washington International Trade Association event today, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai commented on a number of Taiwan and China trade issues.

The U.S. Commerce Department has decided to initiate an inquiry into whether solar products from China are circumventing existing anti-dumping/countervailing duties.

Last week, a UK parliament debate on large solar farms touched on the issue of solar panels made in China with forced labor.

After an attempt to initiate an anti-circumvention inquiry related to anti-dumping/countervailing duty orders on Chinese photovoltaic cells and modules last year was rejected, a U.S. solar company last week began a new effort.