South-East Asia’s solar boom under threat

Elevated protections: A view of solar panels in Lianyungang, China. Several Chinese companies making solar panels in South-East Asia face the possibility of higher tariffs on their products. — AFP

Beijing: The future of South-East Asia’s booming solar industry, which produces the most panels in the world after China, is being thrown into doubt as the United States looks set to impose hefty tariffs on the region.

Chinese firms that set up factories there over the last decade are now being accused of skirting US import levies on their home market.