| inbluevt | Date: Wednesday, 2013/05/08, 9:50 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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The European Commission agreed on Wednesday to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China in a move to guard against what it sees as Chinese dumping of cheap goods in Europe.
EU commissioners backed EU Trade Chief Karel De Gucht's proposal to levy the provisional duties by
June 6 and make Chinese solar exports less attractive in Europe, two officials said.
Shares in German manufacturers SolarWorld, Phoenix Solar and Centrotherm rose as much as 7
percent on the decision, while Frankfurt-listed shares in China's Suntech were down more than 4 percent.
The investigation into accusations of dumping is the biggest the commission
has launched but Brussels is trying to tread a careful path, knowing it needs China, the EU's second largest trading partner, to help the bloc pull out from recession.
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