How Chinese Panels Are Impacting the European Solar Market | Renewable Energy News Article: “What is less clear is the extent to which this rise is fuelled by Chinese government subsidies. However, in late March, following complaints from U.S. solar companies, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the results of a preliminary investigation, which found that Chinese solar panel makers had received government subsidies of 2.9 percent to 4.73 percent — and decided to levy an identical amount, in the form of tariffs, on Chinese imports. “