This spring, under former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, India’s Ministry of Commerce formally recommended that duties be put in place, claiming that an investigation showed that unfair competition from foreign suppliers had harmed India’s middling PV manufacturing sector, which includes players like Tata Power Solar and Indosolar.

The recommendation had further inflamed trade tensions between Delhi, Washington and Beijing, with US-based module supplier First Solar in particular having carved out a large share of the Indian market.

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