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SEIA survey warns of ‘devastating’ solar industry impacts as federal trade probe begins

Three-quarters of solar companies responding to a Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) survey reportedly said that panel deliveries have been cancelled or delayed in the days since the U.S. Commerce Department said in late March that it was opening a circumvention case against imports of solar goods from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. SEIA said in a press release that

Commerce takes up solar module dumping case and SEIA warns of a slump

The U.S. Department of Commerce will open an investigation into whether Chinese solar-equipment manufacturers are evading tariffs by sending components to other Asian nations for assembly before shipping finished products to the U.S.

Commerce buys time to review solar module dumping claim

The U.S. Department of Commerce gave itself another 15 days to wrap up an initial review of a bid by a domestic solar manufacturer seeking tariffs to be imposed on module imports from four Asian countries. In a one-page statement dated March 10, Commerce said it needed more time to review and assess what it described as “novel and complex”