Dumping Solar: Study Sheds Light on Solar PV Trade Flows, US-China Manufacturing

Research and analysis of solar PV manufacturing costs and international trade flows shows that Chinese silicon solar PV manufacturers have only a slight cost advantage on their US counterparts, and that excludes transportation costs, the effect of inflation rate differentials and other factors.
Furthermore, the extraordinary rise in Chinese exports of silicon solar PV cells and panels to the US could only be sustained with the support of massive government subsidies.
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1. US-China SolarTrade Dispute: The Case for CASM and US Manufacturing
2. Dumping Solar: CASM’s Case Against Chinese Subsidies & Manufacturers, Pt. III
3. Dumping Solar: The Case for CASE, Solar Growth and China’s Subsidies

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