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-in-xinjiang-in-the-solar-sector/] months [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/chinese-solar-companys-products-held-up-by-u-s-customs/] , and

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

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 that had been imposed in December 2012 on photovoltaic cells from China. The petitions relate

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.S. safeguard measure on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products. The WTO panel rejected various claims that

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 to extend the U.S. safeguard measure on crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules after it expires on February 6, 2022. Now

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 had been imposed in December 2012 on photovoltaic cells/modules from China. The requests were

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-in-xinjiang-in-the-solar-sector/] a couple months ago, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has been blocking shipments of some imports of solar products on the basis of ties to forced labor in China. Some details have emerged for one company in particular, JinkoSolar [https://www.