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December 21, 2012

China's wind towers face U.S. tariffs
Beijing (UPI) Dec 20, 2012
Officials in China's wind energy sector said they deplored a U.S. decision to increase import duties on Chinese wind turbines. The U.S. Department of Commerce in its final verdict Wednesday on anti-dumping and counter-subsidy duties against wind turbine towers imported from China and Vietnam, said that Chinese producers dumped towers in the United States and set anti-dumping duties of 44.99-70.63 percent while Vietnamese producers got duties 51.50-58.49 percent. Commerce's investigation ... read more

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