It comes one day after US elections in which President Barack Obama won a second term. His administration this year has taken an increasingly tough stance on alleged Chinese unfair trading practices in various industries including wind turbine towers and rare earths.
The decision by the US International Trade Commission (ITC), an independent agency, now allows the Commerce Department (DOC) to issue anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of these products from China over a five-year period.
