US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on south-east Asia solar panels
by Julia Kollewe from US news | The Guardian on (#6WS9Q)
Ahead of a global summit in London comes a warning that lessons on energy security have not been learned
US trade officials are preparing to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four south-east Asian countries, while the International Energy Agency has said lessons from the energy crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine had not been fully learned.
The US commerce department has announced the new tariffs, targeting companies in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, after an investigation begun a year ago when American manufacturers of solar panels accused Chinese companies of flooding the market with subsidised, cheap goods.
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