Taiwanese LED chip manufacturers that successfully transitioned from blue LEDs to red LEDs have set new revenue records from their budding AlInGaN LED business. Those that chose to lower blue LED revenue have improved international ...
The global xEVs (x-electric vehicles) market has performed impressively this year mainly because of the Chinese market, which has expanded due to strong government support. EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, estimates that xEV sales in ...
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Given the right policy frameworks and technology developments, solar technologies could be generating more than a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050. That potential scenario, which would see solar overtake wind, ...
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On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
Tags: goods, services, trad, investment
Major regional markets (i.e. China, the U.S. and Japan) and other emerging markets continue to drive the demand growth of this year’s photovoltaic (PV) market. The latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, says that the ...
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The LED components market in Japan is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% during 2014-2019, according to the report 'LED Components Market in Japan 2015-2019' from market research firm Technavio. The Asia-Pacific region ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
The United States International Trade Administration announced that the Department of Commerce (DOC) is postponing the due date for the preliminary determination in its countervailing duty investigation of passenger and light truck tires ...
Tags: DOC, Preliminary Determination, Auto Parts
In order to develop distributed PV generation (DG), China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) confirmed the feed-in tariff (FiT) prices for DG to be RMB $0.42/kW last year. Governments of several provinces also ...
Tags: PV Generation, DG System, Sloar Cell
The US Senate is expected to pass a new five-year farm bill today - a bill that does not make any changes to American country of origin meat labeling rules, also known as COOL. The House approved the $956 billion farm bill last week, ...
Tags: FOOD
The United Steelworkers (USW) supports the unanimous affirmative vote by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to keep existing "orders" on OTR tires imported from China. According to the union, the decision ...
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On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) formally initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from China, Korea, and Taiwan. The DOC will investigate 30 alleged subsidy programs in ...
Tags: Electrical Steel, Mineral
The Brazilian Government is still studying and discerning as to what action it would be taking against the US for the non-payment of compensation to Brazilian cotton producers who were affected by the agricultural subsidies of the country, ...
Tags: Cotton, Subsidy Issue
The US Department of Commerce on Thursday formally initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of grain-oriented electrical steel from China and the antidumping (AD) investigations of grain-oriented electrical steel from China, ...
Tags: Electrical Steel, Mineral
OEMs have been successful in developing technology for e-mobility worldwide, with vehicles now ready for series production. The price of an electric car is thus falling sharply, as the e-mobility index for Q3 2013 from Roland Berger ...
Tags: e-mobility, Auto, Transportation
Indoor LED lighting demand showed strong growth in first-half 2013 causing product shortages, hence some China-based LED firms may restart capacity expansions, according to industry sources. China-based LED firms stated that LED lighting ...
Tags: capacity, capacity expansion, China, LED lighting MOCVD