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.
Module
imports
totaled
$1.9bn
in
2011,
according
to
DOC.
All
six
ITC
commissioners…
