A worker checks photovoltaic modules used for small solar panels at a factory in Haian in China’s Jiangsu province in January. Photo: AFP
US to probe if Chinese firms are evading solar tariffs via Southeast Asian factories
- Manufacturers may be sending components to countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia for assembly before shipping finished products to the US
- The investigation threatens to upend the American solar sector, which depends heavily on panels from Asia
A worker checks photovoltaic modules used for small solar panels at a factory in Haian in China’s Jiangsu province in January. Photo: AFP
