US trade panel's vote paves way for stiff tariffs on many solar imports


HANOI/PHNOM PENH (Reuters): The US International Trade Commission determined on Tuesday that domestic solar panel makers were materially harmed or threatened by a flood of cheap imports from four South-East Asian nations, bringing the United States a step closer to imposing stiff duties on those goods. 

The "yes" vote by the three-member ITC means the Commerce Department will issue orders to enforce countervailing and anti-dumping tariffs on solar products imported from Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam that the agency finalised last month. 

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