Preliminary estimates on the impact of the newly-instituted high tariff on Chinese solar panels have been released by consulting company IHS Inc. The company predicts solar panel shipments will drop 75 percent from last year’s numbers as the result of a recent ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department...

In a decision announced this afternoon, the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that imported Chinese solar panels will be subject to a 31 percent charge, retroactive for 90 days. The Commerce Department also found that Chinese manufacturers received 10 World Trade Organization (WTO) illegal subsidies...

In March, the U.S. Commerce Department ruled to impose fees on solar panels imported from China on the basis that Chinese manufacturers receive enormous subsidies that drive Chinese solar panel prices so low that U.S. manufacturers cannot compete. The preliminary tariffs go as high as 4.73 percent, which...