The preliminary investigation report released by the US Department of Commerce refers to the use of two Chinese companies, a Vietnamese enterprise, and a Canadian company from solar batteries and components exported by Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.The wafers produced in China.The US Department of Commerce issued a statement saying that the behavior of these companies harmed the US industry.
(Washington / Berlin Composite Electric) The US Department of Commerce preliminarily ruled that the four solar batteries and solar board manufacturers transported Chinese components to Southeast Asian countries to avoid 10 years of tariff policy for the United States.The United States will expand the scope of taxation and impose tariffs on these companies.
This is a major blow to clean energy projects that rely on cheap imported products to lower costs.It is believed that the already intense trade situation between China and the United States is believed to further deteriorate.
The preliminary investigation report released by the US Department of Commerce on Friday (December 2) refers to the use of two Chinese companies, a Vietnamese enterprise, and a Canadian enterprise from solar cells and components exported by Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.Wafer produced in China.
These four companies are BYD CO LTD, Trina Solar Co LTD, Longji Green Energy Technology Co LTD, and Ates SunshineCanadian Solar Inc.
The US Department of Commerce issued a statement saying that the behavior of these companies harmed the US industry.
The US Department of Commerce will review the report, invite all parties to feedback, and will release the final ruling in May next year.
However, because the US President Biden had announced the new tariffs on photovoltaic products imported above the four Southeast Asian countries, until the end of June 2024, the Ministry of Commerce's decision would not immediately impact the US photovoltaic industry.
This investigation from the Ministry of Commerce has attracted much attention from all parties, including other industries such as the steel industry, because this may set a precedent for future tariff surveys.
The competition between China and the United States is gradually extending from the trade war to the field of technology.In addition to solar batteries, the Federal Communications Commission has just announced the prohibition of sales and imports of telecommunications equipment produced by many Chinese companies including Huawei and ZTE.The reason is that they are unacceptable to US national security.
Germany has no intention of following the United States to completely disable Chinese products such as Huawei
The United States has also continued to pressure other countries in recent years, calling on all parties not to use China Telecom technology.However, a spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Germany stated on Friday that Germany did not intend to follow the United States to fully disable the products of Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturers such as Huawei, but would make a decision based on individual situations.
The Republican leader of the US House of Representatives Michael McCaul criticized Germany, a national security that decides to endanger its own and European national security, and also says that China allows China to participate in Germany's telecommunications construction.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine exposes the German economy's dependence on Russia's energy, and also makes German officials start to worry about Germany's dependence on Chinese trade.
Reuters on Thursday (December 1) quoted a strategic document of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs that Germany was considering strengthening the review of some state components.The document mentioned that the law issued by Germany in 2020 set a high threshold for the next -generation network of telecommunications equipment manufacturers such as Huawei.
