Furious China slams US solar duties as 'protectionism'

Government in Beijing expresses its ‘strong dissatisfaction’ after US keeps measures to combat dumping and steps up anti-subsidy tariffs

Beijing has accused the US of “inciting trade friction” and obstructing the development of renewable energy after Washington maintained anti-dumping duties and set higher anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese solar-cell imports.

Shen Danyang, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, expresses China’s “strong dissatisfaction” with the Department of Commerce (DOC) ruling, saying the Americans have “sent a negative signal of trade protectionism to the whole world”. “We hope the US will correct its erroneous practice with early termination of the trade remedy measures,” he adds.

The department’s decision is another blow for Chinese solar…

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