The European solar manufacturing industry is pushing for relief from competition with Chinese producers, and European policymakers are discussing a response. This debate recalls a similar one from around ten years ago.

At a CSIS event yesterday, Executive Vice President and EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis provided some details on the status of the EU anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric vehicles, as well as on discussions with the U.S. on these issues.

Litigation in U.S. court over the Biden administration's decision to put a two year pause on imposing tariffs on solar products is continuing, with new briefs filed that argue for dismissing the complaint by the U.S. producers of solar products.

About a month after the Department of Commerce determined that Chinese gas powered pressure washers are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and subsidized by the Government of China, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined last week that the U.S. gas powered

The European Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of bulb flats – "niche steel products used in shipbuilding" – from China and Türkiye.

Last week, the Commerce Department announced the final determinations in anti-dumping/countervailing duty investigations of imports of tin mill products from China (and other countries), leaving the dumping rates unchanged from the preliminary determination but raising the subsidy rates.

In a complaint filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade on December 29, two U.S. solar companies argued that the Biden administration's decision to pause certain tariffs on imports of Chinese solar cells and modules was in violation of U.S. law.