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The U.S. International Trade Commission has preliminarily determined that solar cells and panels imported from four countries in Southeast Asia are harming the U.S. industry. The ITC and the Commerce Department have been investigating imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam following petitions filed earlier this year by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, a group that represents seven domestic manufacturers. The petitions allege that unfairly priced and subsidized imports from...

Senators and House members from both parties are backing a push by domestic solar manufacturers for antidumping and countervailing duties on solar imports from a handful of countries, arguing such actions are necessary to combat Chinese dominance in the solar industry and safeguard “energy security.” The support comes in the form of two separate letters to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. International Trade Commission Chairman David Johanson – one from 13 Democratic lawmakers joined by an independent and one...

The European Commission and the government of Spain are urging the U.S. International Trade Commission to remove countervailing and antidumping duties on Spanish olives and resolve a longstanding trade irritant between the two trans-Atlantic trading partners, but domestic producers – and one California lawmaker – argue doing so would leave the industry open to renewed harmful trade practices. During the ITC’s five-year review on Thursday of countervailing and antidumping duties on ripe olives from Spain, trade officials from the Spanish...

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a slew of actions it says will boost U.S. solar manufacturing and counter unfair Chinese government trade practices, including closing a controversial tariff exclusion for two-sided solar panels that represent the major share of U.S. panel imports. The new measures, announced by the White House in a fact sheet , come amid rising concerns from U.S. solar manufacturers that investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act are at risk because of dumped and subsidized...

The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced it was opening investigations requested by a coalition of domestic producers into solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, which the petitioners claim are threatening investments enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act. The “American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee,” a coalition that includes U.S. producers First Solar, Inc., Hanwha Q CELLS USA, Inc. and Mission Solar Energy LLC, filed petitions last month alleging that unfairly priced and subsidized imports of crystalline silicon...

Non-market practices in India and China and non-tariff barriers in the European Union are hurting U.S. rice exports, representatives from the U.S. rice industry told the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday, warning that the situation is likely to worsen. “The U.S. rice industry's largest concern is India's use of market price support, and its spillover effects on global rice prices,” Peter Bachmann, president and CEO of USA Rice Federation – which advocates for U.S. producers and millers – told...