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Peter1469
02-28-2017, 02:46 PM
EU court rejects bid to end tariffs on Chinese solar panels (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-court-rejects-bid-nix-113047413.html)

Good. China continues to illegally subsidies various of its industries- and that causes domestic industry to go bankrupt.


A European Union court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by 26 companies to annul anti-dumping tariffs imposed by the bloc on Chinese solar panels more than three years ago.

In a separate decision, the EU's executive Commission confirmed hefty new anti-dumping duties on imports of heavy steel plates from China.


The 28-nation EU raised import duties on Chinese solar panels and key components at the end of 2013 after concluding that Beijing improperly subsidized manufacturers and that the panels were being sold well below their normal market value.


The EU's Luxembourg-based General Court upheld all the duties, which came to an average 47.7 percent, finding that it was also proper to apply them when parts of panels originated in other countries but were exported as part of a product from China.


Chinese authorities have argued that Europe is hurting efforts to fight climate change by charging higher import duties on Chinese photovoltaic technology.


In another decision reflecting trade tensions between two of the world's biggest economic powers, the EU Commission said it was imposing definitive anti-dumping tariffs ranging from 65 to 73 percent on imports of Chinese heavy steel plates after provisional ones had been in place since October.

Don
02-28-2017, 05:28 PM
Good. I like the Chinese "climate change" excuse. Coming from them that's a real laugher.

Archer0915
02-28-2017, 06:49 PM
No, it is trade and this is protectionism. Well... we have at least one member who feels that way!

Peter1469
02-28-2017, 08:23 PM
Illegal dumping destroys domestic industry. And in the case of Chinese solar panels buyers got screwed because the dam things fall apart within a few years.

Archer0915
02-28-2017, 08:47 PM
Illegal dumping destroys domestic industry. And in the case of Chinese solar panels buyers got screwed because the dam things fall apart within a few years.
Get what you pay for.

Don
02-28-2017, 09:33 PM
Illegal dumping destroys domestic industry. And in the case of Chinese solar panels buyers got screwed because the dam things fall apart within a few years.

And that's exactly why they do it. I think we have seen the same thing with large domestic companies selling at a loss to put others out of business. We have laws against it.

Newpublius
02-28-2017, 10:13 PM
Illegal dumping destroys domestic industry.

It really does worse than that actually. The mere threat of export subsidies is a barrier to entry. A price is supposed to be a piece of information which either incentivizes you to supply or not. With export subsidies that price is subject to arbitrary change by a government actor, so why would I even remotely consider entering that industry?