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Mon, February 23, 2026 astatine 6:09 AM CST 1 min read
Feb 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department connected Monday volition uncover a preliminary determination connected whether to enforce anti-subsidy duties connected star cells and panels imported from India, Laos and Indonesia.
The announcement is the first of 2 expected by the bureau successful the coming weeks successful a commercialized lawsuit brought by a radical representing a information of the tiny U.S. star manufacturing sector. Commerce is likely to marque last determinations aboriginal this year.
Monday's determination connected countervailing duties volition see whether companies operating successful the 3 countries received unfair authorities subsidies that marque American products uncompetitive. Commerce is set to make a abstracted determination next period connected whether those companies flooded the U.S. marketplace astatine prices beneath their outgo of production.
The Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade includes South Korea's Hanwha Qcells and Arizona-based First Solar, which are seeking to support billions of dollars successful investments successful U.S. factories.
The group's petition, filed successful July, accuses Chinese companies of shifting accumulation from nations that received U.S. tariffs to Indonesia and Laos, and also accuses Indian-headquartered manufacturers of dumping inexpensive goods successful the United States.
The radical has succeeded antecedently in winning tariffs on imports from countries successful Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.
(Reporting by Nichola Groom; editing by Diane Craft)
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