1. Friday May 25, 2018
      Home > News > Economy
      Text:| Print|

      Punitive tariffs to hurt EU jobs

      2013-02-20 08:01 China Daily     Web Editor: qindexing comment
      Technicians inspect solar-panel products ready for the European market in Ganyu, Jiangsu province. The European Union may impose anti-dumping tariff s on Chinese solar panels. [SI WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY]

      Technicians inspect solar-panel products ready for the European market in Ganyu, Jiangsu province. The European Union may impose anti-dumping tariff s on Chinese solar panels. [SI WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY]

      Up to 240,000 European jobs in downstream businesses could be at risk, at a time of record unemployment, if the European Union levies anti-dumping tariffs against solar-product imports from China, a study released on Tuesday said.

      Prognos, a Germany-based economic research organization, has presented the findings with the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy in Brussels after the European Commission organized its first hearing on this case on Monday afternoon.

      The downstream solar companies have also shown their "deep concerns" that Brussels' possible action will lead to a rapid price increase of solar imports, create a volatile market situation and severely hinder the competitiveness of European businesses in the solar industry.

      Prognos has illustrated the impacts these measures could have on employment in the EU from 2013 to 2015 based on duties scenarios of 20 percent, 35 percent and 60 percent.

      It said that a punitive tariff of 20 percent would cost 115,600 jobs in the EU in the first year after the implementation, and a further 175,500 job could be lost across the area in the third year.

      A punitive tariff of 60 percent would lead to 193,700 job losses in the EU in the first year and up to 242,000 in the third year.

      All the scenarios may happen amid a second economic recession in the EU after the 2008-09 global economic downturn. The jobless rate in the eurozone now is currently about 11 percent.

      "The potential positive impact of duties for the EU solar producers is dwarfed by the negative impact on employment," said Thorsten Preugschas, spokesman for the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy.

      Preugschas, also CEO of the German project developer Soventix, told China Daily that he was among 60 people attending the Monday hearing, which lasted three and a half hours. He complained before Brussels officials, calling on Brussels to stop "political interference" in the solar industry.

      "Our business plan is long term, but we have to cope with the political changes on a monthly or weekly basis," said Preugschas, adding that more than 80 percent of his solar models in his projects are from China.

      The EU has labeled itself as a green-industry leader, and several countries have implemented policies of feed-in tariff subsidies, which have encouraged manufacturing expansion in China. In recent years, the subsidies have been phased out, and now Brussels has started to use protectionism to help its panel producers.

      "We are in the situation that we (downstream businesses) have built competition and can survive without political support," Preugschas added. "But the problem is that the interference is coming on a monthly basis as European politicians change."

      He said that his company has decided to expand project development outside Europe, which is in "political instability".

      Brussels' decision to stage anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations of China's solar importers has led to mounting concern in Beijing.

      EU trade spokesman John Clancy confirmed that the commission has held a hearing with representatives of the photovoltaic industry, with about 60 participants coming from all sectors of the industry and including both those companies that produce solar panels and those that fit the solar panels.

      "This hearing is a normal administrative step, which happens regularly in trade defense investigations," said Clancy.

      Comments (0)

      Copyright ©1999-2011 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
      Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

      主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产亚洲一区区二区在线| 120秒男女动态视频免费| 国产无遮挡吃胸膜奶免费看视频| 亚洲日韩在线视频| 99爱在线观看免费完整版| 久久亚洲国产中v天仙www| 中文在线免费不卡视频| 国产亚洲午夜高清国产拍精品| av电影在线免费看| 亚洲AV无码成人网站久久精品大| 99久久成人国产精品免费| 亚洲AV无码一区二区二三区入口| 午夜免费福利小电影| 亚洲色欲www综合网| 久久午夜免费视频| 亚洲国产成人久久精品软件 | 老司机69精品成免费视频| 亚洲无人区一区二区三区| a级精品九九九大片免费看| 水蜜桃亚洲一二三四在线| 久久国产高潮流白浆免费观看| 亚洲欧洲自拍拍偷综合| 国产精品无码免费播放| 免费播放美女一级毛片| 亚洲熟妇无码八AV在线播放| 免费无码成人AV在线播放不卡| 国产成人精品亚洲日本在线| 国产成人免费ā片在线观看| GOGOGO高清免费看韩国| 18gay台湾男同亚洲男同| 成年人免费视频观看| 国产精品美女久久久免费 | 免费91最新地址永久入口| 91亚洲视频在线观看| 国产精品免费视频网站| 中文字幕在线免费看线人| ASS亚洲熟妇毛茸茸PICS| 亚洲情侣偷拍精品| 亚洲成人免费网站| 婷婷国产偷v国产偷v亚洲| 亚洲AV电影院在线观看|