Eu And China Solar Panels

Settlement and challenges to the eu.

Eu and china solar panels.

The european union and china yesterday settled their dispute over the export of underpriced chinese solar panels. The european union has reached an amicable agreement in its trade spat with china over the dumping of chinese made solar panels on the european market. But this does not mean an end to the ongoing saga as european manufacturers see the agreement as more capitulation than compromise and plan to challenge the deal in the eu general court in. This paper expresses the view of the authors and not the european institute for asian studies.

In 2017 china was the first country to pass 100 gw of cumulative installed pv capacity and by the end of 2018 it had 174. China is the world s largest market for both photovoltaics and solar thermal energy since 2013 china has been the world s leading installer of solar photovoltaics pv. The european commission decided on friday 31 august to eliminate anti dumping tariffs on chinese solar panels saying the decision will help the eu achieve its renewable energy. Eu asia at a glance is a publication series about the current state of affairs in asia and eu asia relations.

It also comes at a time of when international prices for panels are falling in response to a reduction of subsides for the deployment of solar photovoltaic pv capacity in china. In 2015 china became the world s largest producer of photovoltaic power narrowly surpassing germany. The eu s decision in september 2018 to remove trade controls on imported chinese solar panels follows the usa move to increase tariffs. Eu china solar panels trade dispute.

The levy was set at 11 8 but it was due to quadruple on 6 august to an average of 47 6. The eu first imposed anti dumping and anti subsidy measures for chinese solar panels wafers and cells in 2013 and extended them by 18 months in march last year signaling that they should then end.