USDOC
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USDOC Rejects U.S. Solar Industry Anti-Circumvention Petition; Industry Considers Next Steps
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-companies-argue-that-chinese-economic-coercion-justifies-keeping-identities-secret-in-ad-cvd-proceeding/]
, on August 16 a group of U.S. companies called the American Solar Manufacturers
Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions
related to AD/CVD orders that had been imposed in December 2012 on photovoltaic
cells from China. The Commerce Department
Public Comments Received in Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1862] "to determine the effects
on
Commerce Department Makes Final Affirmative CVD Finding on Mobile Access Equipment from China, and Discusses Currency Undervaluation and CCP; ITC Finds Threat of Injury
In July, we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-makes-preliminary-affirmative-cvd-finding-on-mobile-access-equipment-china-but-says-currency-undervaluation-did-not-provide-a-countervailable-benefit/]
on the Commerce Department's preliminary determination
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/30/2021-16332/certain-mobile-access-equipment-and-subassemblies-thereof-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china]
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to pro
Domestic Industry Points to Changed Treasury Department Conclusions on Currency Issues in Review of Solar CVD
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/review-of-solar-cvd-looks-at-chinese-currency-undervaluation/]
, in an administrative review for a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports
of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019, the domestic
industry alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period constitutes
a countervailable subsidy. The Department of Commerce
GOP Members of Congress Call On Biden Administration To Crack Down On Sharing Critical U.S. Technology With China
The Republican-led China Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a
letter
[https://mcusercontent.com/723925654e4ab8fdea83f0a9c/files/cabefc23-b371-c24c-1efa-2f85711f7916/CTF_Letter_to_Sec._Raimondo_on_Export_Control_Actions.pdf]
to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for a crack down on sharing critical
U.S. technology with China, and
House Foreign Affairs Committee Releases Data on Export License Decisions Related to Huawei and SMIC
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives decided to
disclose aggregated data from the Commerce Department on licensing decisions for
possible sales to Chinese telecoms company Huawei and semiconductor company SMIC
for the six month period from November 2020 to April 2021. These companies are
on
Review of Solar CVD Looks At Chinese Currency Undervaluation
In an administrative review for a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports of
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019, the petitioners
in the case alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period
constitutes a countervailable subsidy. The Department of Commerce (DOC) asked
the Treasury Department for input
