China said Friday that it regrets that U.S. companies have asked for anti-dumping probes against Chinese solar power products and insisted that its policies on solar energy conform with World Trade Organization rules.
China
said
Friday that it regrets that
U.S.
companies have asked for anti-dumping probes against Chinese solar power
products and insisted that its policies on solar energy conform with World
Trade Organization rules.
China
"regrets this action by
U.S.
industry," the Commerce ministry said in a statement to Dow Jones
Newswires.
The escalating China-U.S. clean energy spat follows increasing pressure from
Washington
on
China
to
address concerns about unfair trade practices, including Internet restrictions
and food-safety rules that hinder market access.
"The
U.S.
has
no reason to criticize other countries' efforts to improve humanity's
environment," the ministry said, adding that any anti-dumping steps in the
solar power sector taken by the
U.S.
would
create a "lose-lose" situation.
The ministry hopes the
U.S.
will
avoid trade protectionist policies, it said.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama, in a television interview, said he
believed Chinese energy companies had engaged in "questionable" trade
practices, lending support to the claims of solar firms who are asking the
U.S.
to
impose tariffs on imported solar panels from
China
.
"We have seen a lot of questionable competitive practices coming out of
China
when
it comes to the clean energy space," Obama said in an interview with a
television station in
Portland
,
Oregon
.
Oregon is home to the U.S. unit of SolarWorld AG (SWV.XE), which along with six
other solar-panel makers, has accused Chinese firms of "dumping"
solar panels on the U.S. market at prices lower than the cost of production in
order to gain market share.
"If Chinese solar panels cannot be exported to the
U.S.
due
to the
U.S.
adopting anti-dumping measures, it will strongly affect
U.S.
equipment and raw material exports to
China
,"
the Commerce ministry said.
Separately, the Chinese Foreign ministry urged the
U.S.
use
more "rational" policies to address bilateral trade disputes.
Developing the solar energy industry is a focus for the Chinese government to
address climate change and energy security, and
China
hopes
the
U.S.
will
boost bilateral cooperation on solar energy, spokesman Hong Lei told a news
conference.
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