2012年10月16日星期二

The solar energy industry calls for global green free trade


The face of heated debates, including Europe and the United States anti-dumping and countervailing they were increased trade friction, some industry leaders have joined forces and called for the establishment of free trade regulations of the clean technology industry.

Lies on the month, October 8 - 9 at the Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark (Global Green Growth Forum, referred 3GF), the World Economic Forum, Green Growth Action Coalition (G2A2) published an open letter called on world leaders and trade provisions of organizations to establish free trade in clean technologies, such as solar energy.
The G2A2 said in the statement, published open letter to a time when Europe and the United States on Chinese imports of solar photovoltaic products, on the occasion of the growing trade frictions such as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade investigations, two cases are the groups led by solar charge controller initiated. In response, China has threatened to take retaliatory measures.

The statement pointed out that the results of the anti-dumping and countervailing global renewable energy industry growth is facing a decline due to the increasing number of green trade barriers between the world's major economies and the WTO negotiations stalled.

It is said that the progress of efforts to get rid of these trade restrictions, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting held last month in Vladivostok, Russia, several leaders have agreed to limit tariff for green products and services for the Asia-Pacific region 5% of green goods and services, and establish specific list. However, G2A2 said, there are a lot of work to be done to clearing the way for the green trade barriers, in particular, local content requirements and other trade barriers.

Signed the open letter, Applied Materials, GE, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Suntech, the American solar cell Energy Industries Association, SEMI PV Group "good communication in litigation" to refrain from the deterioration in the trade retaliatory measures.

Their commitment to the will of governments and civil society groups to develop a global green free trade guidelines.

The signatories wrote: "We do not think this is the 'North-South agenda' leading clean technology companies from large emerging economies and industrial countries when we are facing to prevent the free flow of trade barriers sustainable technologies, we all lose environment lost global clean technology industry wants to compete in a fair environment under a green tariff and non-tariff barriers. "

They wrote: "We will ask all the national leaders and the number of trade organizations to achieve free trade in clean technology, we will require organizations to join, to seek practical solutions to the common challenges we face, as well as other opportunities . "

On October 3, the United States International Trade Commission held a hearing, solar panel  companies support and oppose trade case gives his own views. Chinese PV manufacturers to export products to the United States, the United States has imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties. Final determination is expected to be announced on November 7.

At the same time, the leading EU ProSun by SolarWorld submitted to the European Commission, the application of the two proceedings: the anti-dumping and countervailing So far, the Commission only initiated the anti-dumping investigation.

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