US-China Renewable Energy Trade Resources

China is emerging as a key player in the global renewable energy field with fast-paced development in manufacturing, installation capacity and technology. US-China trade in renewable energy products has become increasingly important for both countries' development in renewable energy.

Renewable Energy Industry

China Update
According to REN21 Renewables 2012 Global Status Report, in 2011, out of all the top ranking countries, China ranked the first place in new capacity investment, hydropower capacity, wind power capacity, solar hot water/heat capacity, wind power capacity, and geothermal direct heat use.

• More info about China renewable energy development can be found at REN 21:
  http://www.ren21.net/REN21Activities/Publications/GlobalStatusReport/GSR2012/tabid/79218/Default.aspx

US Update
According to Natural Resources Defense Council, every state in America can produce its own energy from clean, renewable sources, reducing pollution, and creating new jobs and new sources of income.

• More info about US renewable energy development can be found at NRDC: http://www.nrdc.org/energy/renewables/states.asp

US-China Trade Historical Review

According to Wayne M. Morrison, the specialist in Asian trade and finance, U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several decades. However, bilateral trade relations have become strained because of a number of issues, including trade deficit, WTO compliance, currency policy, and intellectual property rights.

• More info about US-China trade issues can be found at Congressional Research Service: http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/127016.pdf

US-China Renewable Energy Policy Landscape

US
According to Richard J. Campbell, US and China have diverse reasons for the increasing use of renewable energy, including energy security, energy independence, cleaner air, and climate change. Many argue that US does not have a comprehensive national policy for renewable energy development like China does.

• More info about US-China policies can be found at Congressional Research Service: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1831&context=key_workplace
• Renewable energy markets, economic development and policies in the 50 states can be found at ACORE http://www.acore.org/publications/state-local/

China
China has a set of national and local policy tools and plans to promote the development of renewable energy, more info can be found at

• CREIA (Chinese) http://www.creia.net/
• CRES (Chinese) http://www.cres.org.cn/english/20110116112.html
• ChinaFAQs http://www.chinafaqs.org/issue/policy-and-governance
• China Global Trade.COM http://www.chinaglobaltrade.com/commentary/government-policy

Facts and Figures

US-China energy and trade facts, figures, statistics and analysis can be found at

• EIA http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=CH
• ChinaFAQshttp://www.chinafaqs.org/library?issues=All&type=28
• China Global Trade.COM http://www.chinaglobaltrade.com/facts

US-China Most Updated Trade Cases

• The overview of antidumping duty (AD)/countervailing duty (CVD) trade remedies can be found at Department of Commerce http://ia.ita.doc.gov/pcp/pcp-overview.html
• Trade data and statistics can be found at
  USITC DataWeb http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/user_set.asp
• Solar Trade Case
  The ongoing U.S. – China solar trade case started from October 2011 and so far the preliminary decisions of antidumping and countervailing duties have come out. Final decisions are expected to come out later this year.
  • SolarWorld's official petition
    http://www.solarworld-usa.com/news-and-resources/news/domestic-solar-manufacturers-petition-to-stop-unfair-trade-by-china.aspx
  • SEIA's brief summary of the trade case
    http://www.seia.org/policy/manufacturing-trade/international-trade/us-china-trade-disputes
  • The US-China Solar Trade Case report provides a balanced, fact-based discussion of the antidumping and countervailing trade case against China's solar manufacturers. It explores how China's solar industry has grown so big so fast and analyzes what the consequences might be.
    More info can be found at China Global Trade.COM
    http://www.chinaglobaltrade.com/issue/us-solar-trade-case-against-china-and-chinese-solar-industry-development
  • A list of official decisions, news articles, report analysis, and different parties' insights can be found at ChinaFAQ
    http://www.chinafaqs.org/blog-posts/trade-cases-imports-clean-energy-products-china
• Wind Trade Case
  
  • International Trade Commission
    A four-page fact sheet summary of US's preliminary findings on the wind trade case can be found at: http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/factsheets/factsheet-china-vietnam-uswt-ad-prelim-20120727.pdf
  • The Development of Wind Power Tariffs in China report reviews the development of the Chinese wind industry and associated tariffs through different states of its rapid evolution during the past decade. The report can be found at: GWEC http://www.cmia.net/Portals/0/Repository/GWEC%20China%20wind%20tariffs.57301d14-f357-4176-9ebb-7d6921a7ef9d.pdf