Chinese Solar-Panel Makers Face Possible Renewal of EU Tariffs
- Europe probes whether to prolong two-year-old duties on China
- Trade case caused political tensions between EU, China
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The European Union threatened to renew tariffs on solar panels from China, potentially rekindling what was the EU’s biggest trade dispute of its kind.
The European Commission said it would examine whether to re-impose two sets of duties introduced in December 2013 to counter alleged below-cost -- or “dumped” -- imports of solar panels from China and alleged Chinese subsidies. The opening of the renewable-energy trade probes coincides with a United Nations meeting in Paris aimed at striking a global agreement to curb fossil-fuel pollution, of which China is the biggest source, that is blamed for climate change.