On January 22 Beijing time, the International Trade Commission of the United States (ITC) announced the voting result, affirming that the photovoltaic products of the mainland of China and Taiwan had caused injury to the U.S. industry. According to the result and the result of the anti-dumping and countervailing investigation made by the U.S. Commerce Department against Chinese photovoltaic products, the U.S. will levy duties on Chinese photovoltaic products exported to the U.S. again.
An Official of the Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of China pointed out that the U.S. violated the obligations it assumed of obeying WTO rules by ignoring the factual basis and legal rules, launching investigations against Chinese photovoltaic products exported to the U.S. consecutively, and adopting unreasonable restrictive measures. The U.S. abusing trade remedy measures seriously harmed the benefits of Chinese enterprises and the U.S. downstream users and industries and hampered the development and further cooperation and usage of the U.S. and the global new energy industry. Chinese enterprises expressed strong dissatisfaction to the result, and the Chinese government is sincerely concerned about it. China urged the U.S. to strictly obey international rules, and adopt responsible attitudes and practice to handle trade disputes properly. At the same time, China will think about enforcing its right and safeguarding its own interests in the WTO framework and the U.S. judicial system.
