The world is awash in solar panels after Chinese-owned firms flooded the market with cheap exports.
Companies including Qcells, First Solar, and Swift Solar on Wednesday asked the Biden administration to slap tariffs on solar cells from four countries in Southeast Asia.
The US solar companies allege that Chinese-owned firms operating in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are illegally undercutting the market.
The petition by US solar companies — known as an anti-dumping and countervailing duty case — could lead to that.
The probe will help determine whether solar panels were sold in the US at prices below the cost of production.
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