China on Friday gave a pass to the European Union in a trade dispute over solar materials after it upheld tariffs earlier this week on similar products imported from the U.S. and South Korea.
China
on
Friday gave a pass to the European Union in a trade dispute over solar
materials after it upheld tariffs earlier this week on similar products
imported from the
U.S.
and
South
Korea
.
China
's
Ministry of Commerce said Friday that although it found evidence that the EU
was subsidizing and dumping solar-grade polysilicon, it wouldn't implement any
tariffs because of "special market conditions."
The move comes six months after
China
and
the European Union settled a trade dispute over Chinese-made solar panels, in
which the EU accused
China
of
subsidizing production and selling the products at below-cost prices, known as
dumping.
The announcement is in stark contrast to earlier this week, when
China
's
commerce ministry upheld anti-dumping tariffs on
U.S.
and
South Korean polysilicon shipments and an additional anti-subsidy tariff on
U.S.
shipments. The anti-dumping tariffs are as high as 57% for
U.S.
suppliers and as high as 48.7% for South Korean suppliers. The anti-subsidy
tariffs are around 2.1% for most
U.S.
suppliers.
China
and
the
U.S.
remain embroiled in a trade dispute over solar equipment. The U.S. Department
of Commerce said Thursday that it would open an investigation into whether
Chinese solar-panel manufacturers were exploiting a loophole that allowed them
to sell solar cells from
Taiwan
to
the
U.S.
without penalty. The
U.S.
imposed tariffs of as high as 36% on Chinese solar manufacturers in 2012,
accusing the companies of benefiting from unfair subsidies.
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