Southeast Asian solar panel players will again be investigated for unfair practices

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the Dept. of Commerce today announced they will investigate claims made by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee that silicon solar cells and panels made in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are still being dumped into the U.S. market at prices that make domestic producers unable to compete. The committee filed the antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition last month.

This will be the second AD/CVD investigation into the exporting practices of solar…