Tag: China

Late on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce (ITA) released a Fact Sheet announcing an affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty case against Chinese Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) products from China.  Background on this decision is available in our March 2014 alert. The ITA’s determination imposes countervailing duty rates of […]

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BY KATHY CHEN AND STIAN REKLEV, REUTERS Original article here. China said on Tuesday it will set an absolute cap on its CO2 emissions from 2016 just a day after the United States announced new targets for its power sector, signalling a potential breakthrough in tough U.N. climate talks. Progress in global climate negotiations has often […]

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360ip is working with investors in China who are very interested in potential portfolio companies which use either zinc, tungsten or lead in their products/business (any field should be suitable). The investors could invest directly in these companies and then facilitate their expanding into China via a joint venture. In addition to these materials companies, […]

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By Eric Francavilla, originally published by PNNL China can build its way to a more energy efficient future — one house, apartment and retail store at a time — by improving the rules regulating these structures, according to a study by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. PNNL scientists at the Joint Global Change […]

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By Calvin Quek, Head of Sustainable Finance at Greenpeace East Asia China’s long-awaited and much touted Air Pollution Plan was released on Sept 12th, in response to the country’s “airpocalypse.” Air pollution and environmental issues are quickly becoming top concerns among the Chinese public, sparking thousands of protests or “mass incidents.” The dire environmental issues are, according to China’s official […]

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By Calvin Quek, Head of Sustainable Finance at Greenpeace East Asia For the last decade, conventional wisdom has been that Asia has an insatiable appetite for thermal coal, making new coal export terminals on the west coast a viable long-term investment. However, recent changes in the global coal market are quickly eroding the economic case for […]

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Itron has completed the installation of 25,000 smart water, heat, and gas meters and communication modules and its fixed network for Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin, China. The system measures, collects, and analyzes data from water, heat and gas meters.  The system is expected to enable Tianjin to make smart decisions about city services. Read […]

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This is a really nice, short overview of the dispute between China and Japan: [youtube]http://youtu.be/V7SA3p8ys-s[/youtube]

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At the WCTA policy conference, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the keynote speaker, was asked what state and federal governments can do to protect U.S. companies from IP theft when doing business in China. His answer: “Very little. “It’s a very big problem when it comes to dealing with China, and from a government standpoint, […]

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee dashed off a hand-written note to the chief executive of clean energy company AMSC minutes after being sworn in last month, inviting the Massachusetts company to move to the Evergreen State. It was at least a symbolic gesture, underscoring Inslee’s commitment to building the state’s clean technology sector, a point he […]

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