EU threat to the Chinese solar surface

Reuters May 22 disclosed a document showing that EU regulators put pressure on the Chinese authorities to increase efforts to threats against Chinese solar panels and telecommunications equipment taxed intent to EU investment agreements, Central Europe Free Trade Agreement and other content bundled negotiations to allow China to open up more markets to achieve the deep targets.

"For the PV anti-dumping, technical negotiations have now is not important, in front of the core problem is that if the EU insisted on Chinese PV china solar panel products impose punitive tariffs on Chinese side will take appropriate counter-measures, the amount of money involved would be peer the? Next, trade friction from the PV industry will be extended to other industries, the EU is too short-term economic loss calculations, will not affect the depth of field of EU economic and trade cooperation? After this event, let the EU also has a reflection. " Li Gang said.

It is understood that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on November 1 last year, the decision on the origin of mppt solar charge controller grade polysilicon in the EU anti-dumping and countervailing investigation. This is the EU's photovoltaic products "double reverse" filed in the context of China at the national level to support Chinese PV companies countermeasures. In addition, the recent news that China Wine Wine Association has the Ministry of Commerce anti-dumping application is submitted, the Commerce Department will conduct anti-dumping investigation of imported wines.

Although executives have been on anti-dumping case of photovoltaic begin negotiations, but some Chinese PV companies or conceal pessimistic. Some analysts believe that the EU "double reverse case" ruling, Chinese PV industry will face life and death decisions, and even half of the companies will go bankrupt. "The so-called dog in the manger, in the comfort you to control the spread of pessimism, then slowly find a way." A photovoltaic company official told the "China Economic Weekly", since March this year, China has almost photovoltaic products exports to the EU stagnation.

"Because of the wind tariffs, the EU domestic importers asked the Chinese companies charge 30% of the purchase price, for future taxes. March, China has basically no companies shipped because should not have to make money, just want to return the funds The Charge 30% of the purchase price, not afraid to get back, get back to get even, but also can not afford to charge. since 2011, as Chinese overcapacity photovoltaic products, some companies out of the need to return the funds, originally sold below cost. "

The EU anti-dumping, the impact on Chinese enterprises, is much greater than the last U.S. anti-dumping. First, the amount of money involved, and in 2011, the Chinese photovoltaic products exports to the U.S. amounted to approximately $ 3.1 billion, while the EU anti-dumping case involving up to 21 billion euros. In addition, the U.S. anti-dumping against China's production of solar cells, Chinese enterprises purchasing non-Chinese production of solar cells can be circumvented. But this wider range of EU anti-dumping, blocking the Chinese enterprises bailout curve of the road.