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Photovoltaic solar trade war officially broke

time2012/08/26

Century new energy Reuters, August 20, the Ministry of Commerce Notice No. 52 of 2012, published a final conclusion on the part of the renewable solar energy industry in the United States to support policies and subsidy measures trade barriers investigation.

The announcement said that after investigation, the Commerce Department ultimately found, Washington, USA "renewable solar mobile charger production and encourage project" Massachusetts State Solar Rebate Project II "Ohio" wind production and manufacturing to encourage the project, "New Jersey" renewable energy to encourage projects "New Jersey" renewable energy manufacturing to encourage projects "California" self-generating encourage project six survey measures constitute three of the WTO subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement prohibited subsidies in violation of WTO Agreement on subsidies and Countervailing Measures 3 and 3 of the 1994 General Agreement on tariffs and Trade, the relevant provisions of distorting the normal international trade constitutes exports to the U.S. and Chinese renewable energy products trade barriers.

The announcement pointed out that according to the provisions of the Foreign Trade Barriers Investigation Rules, the Ministry of Commerce will take relevant measures in accordance with the law, require the United States to cancel the content of the measures under investigation are inconsistent with WTO agreements, to give fair treatment of renewable Portable energy products.

November 25, 2011, should China Machinery and Electronic Products Import and Export Chamber of Commerce portable solar battery and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce's application of the new energy, the Commerce Department under the Foreign Trade Law and the Ministry of Commerce Foreign Trade Barriers Investigation Rules provides that the United States can The six renewable energy support policies and subsidy measures initiated trade barrier investigation. May 24, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce announced the preliminary conclusions of the survey.