EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade

Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese solar extended to Malaysia and Taiwan to avoid circumvention

Brussels, 15/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 15 February, the European Commission decided to extend the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty imposed by the EU since late 2013 on imports of photovoltaic modules and their essential components (cells) from China to imports of the same products sent via Malaysia and Taiwan.

This decision follows an investigation launched in late May 2015 on the basis of the complaint tabled previously by the producer SolarWord, accusing China of shipping its...