European Commission ditches tariffs on Chinese solar imports

Madeleine Cuff
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After five years, EU decides to lift price controls on Chinese solar panels entering the EU

The European Commission has decided to lift controls on Chinese solar panels entering the EU market in a move likely to see the availability of lower cost panels improve across the bloc. As was widely...

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