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An independent federal agency has backed imposing levies as high as 3,521 percent on China-linked solar imports from four Southeast Asian countries, writes Christa Marshall. The International Trade Commission concluded unanimously that U.S. manufacturers have been “materially injured” by imported solar cells and panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

The commission’s finding clears the way for the Commerce Department to issue the trade penalties.

The news is drawing mixed reactions from a solar industry already facing massive headwinds from the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine Biden-era clean energy policies.

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